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cat_manders's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-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
3.0
liamknox13's review against another edition
3.0
Another Bolano book about two eccentric poets — one Chilean, as always — literally wandering around Mexico City, and their aesthetic obsessions with sex, poetry and politics. Also like The Savage Detectives, it’s got a smattering of epistolary and interview-style chapters throughout, and features a Pynchon-esque trail of clues about an obscure literary obsession. Somehow I was still intrigued… there’s a wild magic to Bolanos writing that makes even his confused, almost identical characters and circuitous storylines strangely compelling. Despite myself, I’ll probably return to him again.
beltorrealba's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
tommooney's review against another edition
3.0
There's been a fair bit of negativity around this latest of the many posthumously-published novels of the great Bolano. But I think it's a little unfair.
I mean, it aint The Savage Detectives, but even when he isn't at his best you feel you are in the hands of an undisputed genius.
Like a diluted version of TSD, this follows two young, bohemian poets as they traipse around Mexico City trying to confirm the rumour that there are over 600 literary magazines in publication within the city limits.
This is a disjointed, self-indulgent book. But there are enough glimmers of brilliance that it makes it well worth the read for established fans. The prose, as always, is exquisite. And the last section is a brilliantly sustained, highly effective piece of disturbing writing.
I mean, it aint The Savage Detectives, but even when he isn't at his best you feel you are in the hands of an undisputed genius.
Like a diluted version of TSD, this follows two young, bohemian poets as they traipse around Mexico City trying to confirm the rumour that there are over 600 literary magazines in publication within the city limits.
This is a disjointed, self-indulgent book. But there are enough glimmers of brilliance that it makes it well worth the read for established fans. The prose, as always, is exquisite. And the last section is a brilliantly sustained, highly effective piece of disturbing writing.
sefugaz's review
4.0
Me parece que la gente busca aquí Los Detectives Salvajes o 2666, y sí hay, hay un poco. Pero es una obra de trabajo, así hay que leerla: si la leemos buscando las claves de cómo trabaja la mente de un escritor, veremos lo provechoso que es tener textos así en el mundo editorial.
cronosmu's review
2.0
Que alguien ponga fin a la obsesión de sacar a la luz lo que el propio Bolaño, que tenía más criterio que sus herederos, consideraba impublicable. Que alguien nos libre —oh débiles y vulgares pornógrafos de la obra de Bolaño que somos— de caer en la tentación de seguir leyendo estas cosas.