A review by lubel80
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

1.0

Why do so many people love this book? I'm not yet halfway through and I truly don't want to finish it (that is very unlike me). The characters are sexist, selfish, pretentious, abhorrent people. Why should I care about their drifting, uneventful lives? I saw a few comparisons of this book with On the Road, which I read nearly 15 years ago and loved. I'm afraid to reread it now for fear that I will hate it and its characters.