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I meant to finish this book in May of 2014. I'm kind of glad I dragged it out though, as it's an expansive book, taking place throughout the 20th century. No need to rush; enjoy every beautiful, painful, heartbreaking moment.
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A sprawling work, even compelling, in its own unique way... much like the Mexican border city around which it revolves - chaotic and unjust, but still functionable, albeit with the greasing provided by capitalism.
The reader wades from modern academic dribble to compelling glimples of an enlisted man's experience on the Eastern front. In between, the blood, guts, gore and sex, the narrator draws you into a mystery - multiple mysteries in fact - all with unsatifying resolution.
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The reader wades from modern academic dribble to compelling glimples of an enlisted man's experience on the Eastern front. In between, the blood, guts, gore and sex, the narrator draws you into a mystery - multiple mysteries in fact - all with unsatifying resolution.
Not for the faint of ...more
I enjoyed parts of this book very much but was ultimately disappointed. There are many recurring motifs and themes but the different parts never seem to come together as a coherent whole. I wonder what the book would have been if Bolano had been able to complete it.
I listened to this -- found it intriguing, but ultimately unsatisfying. What was it all about anyway? Maybe if I had read, not listened, I could have gone back and re-read parts.
Nov 19, 2008
Anne
marked it as to-read
Dec 07, 2008
Jill
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Apr 09, 2009
Shannon
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Oct 28, 2012
Heather
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Dec 02, 2012
Cheryl
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Aug 08, 2013
Shannon
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Oct 12, 2015
Lynne
marked it as to-read-contemporary
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Apr 23, 2016
Chris Stanford
marked it as to-read
Jul 05, 2016
Ally
is currently reading it
Mar 06, 2018
Rachael Uggla
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2020
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marked it as bibliocurious
