that book isnt even long just read it

that's cool. heard it's long as hell, but I'm gonna mentally prepare myself a bit before tackling it.

If anything I thought it started off super super great and then fell off a little towards the end so if you don’t even like the start it just might not be your thing

Heard its like gay p*** is that true

Not at all. There’s like some flattery between 2 guys at the start that I thought would lead to gay stuff but it doesn’t.

im boutta push thru it. f*** it. first part seems like theres something bubbling under thre surface and theres been fire moments in it.

i just randomly picked this book but this post motivated to give it another chance

I'd do what Bolaño originally envisioned and complete it in chunks. Finish the first chapter, let it mesh in your mind and reflect about what you read, then continue on.

Slogging through 900 pages straight is torture and you will feel empty as f*** because of the content of the book. Take your time 👍

The book was originally supposed to be released in volumes. Highly recommend reading it that way if you decide to pick it up.

I read through the entire thing in a week, and I still love it a ton, but it takes a toll on you.

I think I had to restart it once or twice because I would put it down for too long and forget what was going on but I really liked Blood Meridian. Actually re-reading All the Pretty Horses right now. I like all of what I’ve read of McCarthy’s (the other being The Road).

Yah that’s why I stopped

juust finished it Dec. 31. it took 2 months but definitely a rewarding novel. Part 1 was actually my favorite part tho ... well after Part 5

Infinite Jest. Not bc I didn't like it but the flipping back and forth between the annotations was getting on my f***ing nerves.

is 2666 a hard read only because of its length or does it have a lot of tangents (Pynchon) and/or difficult prose (Blood Meridian)?

might try to read it in spanish which would force me to slow down but be much more challenging too depending on the prose

the book is split into 5 parts, i'd say some parts are easier to follow than others. it's probably the most difficult book i've read yet but i've only read like 10-12 books in the past couple years so that ain't saying much. the vocabulary and the tangents are what tripped me up the most while reading

working on having as many unfinished books as I have finished ones, real stupid s*** 🥴🥴🥴 so many books I loved but never got past 60/100 pages or worse was actually 2/3rds of the way through with some

I did finish Infinite Jest tho so lol

interesting that's one of like five books I did finish last year love both

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Tangents. But this last part of chapter 1 im reading is amazing. Im glad u persuaded me to keep going. Like 30 pages after where i left off i was like lol. but yeah, they be having a convo and then a character jus goes on a super dreamlike tangent for like 5 pages

Oh it was @asaki lol. But u too man

dreamlike tangents

I'm interested in reading some of Bolaños work but the more I hear about it the less appealing it sounds to me. I really dislike that tangential style of writing that so many people seem to love, especially in this section

just want a story that moves along with interesting characters and events lol

maybe I'll try The Savage Detectives by Bolaño, anybody know if that is less tangential?

you just need 2/3 bookmarks

I never really stopped a novel but I buy just about everything I read so it’s a commitment at that point

I don’t know if 2666 was the best Bolaño book to start with. This feels like him trying to write at full capacity. The story is pretty straightforward but the approach is abstract.

tbh i rarely finish books

I've heard I should just rip the annotations out and have it separate but idw destroy the book. I'll prob pick it back up after I finish what im reading now & try the bookmarks

That is horrible advice but it’d be cool if there was a version of the book w a separate text for annotations

I finished 11 whole of last year starting from May. This year I’m aiming to hit 25. Really need to finish neo colonialism by kwame nkrumah and all about love by bell hooks