These are violent crimes against women and there are many of them detailed in the book. The crimes have been referenced since the first section of the book and by the time I arrived at the fourth section, I was ready to find out more about what was happening. In often explicit detail, this section describes the crimes of a fictional Mexican town called Santa Teresa.

This is also the section where I almost stopped reading the book. The most interesting section for me was the fourth – 'The Part About the Crimes'.

I knew almost nothing about the book before I started, which is generally my favourite way of reading books, so I don't want to give much away here. I do wonder however, had Bolano lived longer, if there would have been a more edited final version.

But the section was short and still dealt with some of the mysteries introduced previously wanting to figure those things out kept me reading. The primary character in the third section didn't feel fully developed. The second and third sections were not as well fleshed out for me, which was disappointing after the strong first section. I know how hard it is to create long sentences well. This guy is master of the sentence so long you're sure it's a run-on and yet it makes perfect sense.This is especially evident in the first section and I loved it. I was pulled through it by its ambiguity and sense of mystery, as well as Bolano's strong prose. The English translation has 898 pages I ended up renewing it from the library twice and I don't think I'm a slow reader. It's sad to read a great book by such a strong writer, knowing he died so young. At the same time, that gave me drive to move on to the next section.įirst off, I have to say that Bolano was an extremely talented writer. Some of the sections took me a few pages to settle in to it and sometimes I found it frustrating when a section ended without answering my questions. They share several common themes and characters although each is very different. Ultimately the five parts belong together. Instead, his friends and family opted to publish Bolano's novel as he originally would have – as one single volume divided into five parts. Published posthumously, the book begins with 'A Note from the Author's Heirs' explaining that, before his death, Bolano stipulated the book be published as five separate works. That's partly because, in some ways, it's actually five books. It's hard to know where to start talking about a book like 2666.

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