Rec | THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES- ROBERTO BOLAÑO

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my favorite book. it’s long and wanders A LOT but it’s so beautiful and really changed how I thought about literature and life itself. highly rec

@mybestfriendsusb

Mar 2, 2024

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@tortitude

God it was SO GOOD. But Also I read it at 14 and don’t rennet anything and I’m sure most of it went over my head. Perhaps I should revisit it instead of just rereading the first section to 2666 many times since I can never bear the murder and violence that is to come and just end up aborting it.

Mar 2, 2024

@mybestfriendsusb

tortitude reading this at 14 is simultaneously sick as hell and also crazy as hell lmaooo give it another shot! I haven’t finished 2666 either- im at the part with all of the murder reporting and im like alright man

Mar 2, 2024

@tortitude

mybestfriendsusb lol I shouldn’t age myself on this app but that’s how old I was when it came out and I was the kinda kid who read the Times Book Review. Probs should give it a go instead of just reading the mid stuff published after.

Mar 3, 2024

@mybestfriendsusb

tortitude that’s still pretty sick tbh. I’m sure you‘ll get even more out of it now B)

Mar 3, 2024

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