I don't... know... how to review this.

This is one of those books, and 2666 as a whole is like this, where the point is the journey. Any attempt at summary, at review, other than qualitative statements like "it's good," just get lost. It's an incredible book and you should read it, though you could read the descriptions of murder victims in The Part About the Crimes quickly. Still. Incredible.

This book is going to haunt me, not in a bad way, but in a way that I'm not really equipped to describe. ( )

Stunning. I am sure, that like other fans of Bolano and his works, the ending of this staggering work would have blown me away. As it stands, the lack of a formal ending and the dozens of loose strings leave so much to the imagination.
I hope that Klaus and his uncle were able to connect in some deep way that unlocked Klaus and healed some part of his uncle he hardly knew was broken. I hope that while in Santa Theresa the critics met and interacted with Archimboldi... even if they didn't know it was him at the time or ever. I hope that the killer was revealed and that it would have stunned me, being some small supporting character from an earlier section that was casually mentioned, but not focused upon... perhaps the dark, silent friend from Part 2. ( )