The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño with Natasha Wimmer (Translator)

577 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, poets and leaders of a movement they call visceral realism, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their mission: to track down the poet Cesarea Tinajero, who disappeared into the Sonora ...

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4.02
based on 3,968 reviews

Moods

challenging: 66%

adventurous: 62%

reflective: 60%

mysterious: 54%

funny: 36%

dark: 30%

emotional: 28%

sad: 18%

tense: 14%

inspiring: 11%

informative: 6%

hopeful: 5%

lighthearted: 2%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

5% of readers chose fast
37% of readers chose medium
56% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
32% of readers chose A mix
61% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
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Strong character development?

37% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Loveable characters?

30% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

86% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

60% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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