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I've started reading Roberto Bolano's 2666 and I'm only about 10% into it, but up to now it's pretty much about the wacky life of book critics wanting to have threesomes but fucking (or psychoanalyzing) hookers instead and beating the occasional Pakistani. All that with a lot of real and fake name dropping. Yeah, I'm starting to see why so many critics liked it, but honestly I am a little bit underwhelmed after hearing so much that it is some kind of surrealistic masterpiece. Bolano can weave a nice tapestry and all, but is this pretty much it for a thousand plus pages? I am probably still going to finish it because I have trouble leaving books unfinished, but even though there is no traditional linear plot and it's more like five books mashed together, does it ever picks up?
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>>9361360
I don't know. I didn't read it.
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>>9361380
Well, for the first part, imagine a French New Wave film starring critics. That's pretty much what it is up to now.
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>>9361360
keep going
it gets better
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It gets better until you reach part 4. Part 4 will bore you, but part 5 will make you look at the rest of the book with more appreciation.
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>>9361447
Part 4 was my favorite part, especially Lalo Cura.
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>>9361465
I liked it more on my second read through as well. Lalo Cura's parts were good, but I enjoyed Florita Almada's appearances left more of an impression on me.
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>>9361509
But Florita Almada's appearances left more of an impression on me*
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