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tracheite's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
driaslibrary's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
elienore's review against another edition
There's not much happening, not enough to keep me engrossed in the audiobook (I don't love the narrator's voice, it's a little too old-timey fancy for me)
breadandmushrooms's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
bennyandthejets420's review against another edition
5.0
incredible. still hits me square in the chest like the first time. Bolaño manages to squeeze so much in there from the references to the compression of time to the abstract imagery. It all flows together in one long stream of complicity and doomed resignation that literature, despite being important, doesn't really amount to much. along the way we get the importance of literature to politics and social movements and the necessity to act in one's historical moment. the part about the salons opening like a series of mystical roses or the hawk poetically killing starlings in a red dawn or the jump scare of what's underneath the Canales's house has stayed with me to to this reread.
need to check out in more detail: neruda, nicanor, opus dei in chile, and a lot more
need to check out in more detail: neruda, nicanor, opus dei in chile, and a lot more
mouhy's review against another edition
4.0
Short and disorienting. So many memorable scenes that merit a second reading. It's one of those rare books that say a lot more in a hundred pages than tomes by lesser authors ever could. It's always interesting for me to read about Chile's turbulent political past, one can't help but draw parallels with recent events in the country or even with other conflicts in far away places like Syria.