Need Help Understanding 2666
I recently read 2666 and feel like I just didn't get it. I've seen it highly praised, and I'm struggling to see it. The book was bleak as hell for me.
I liked the part about Fate and the part about Amaltafino. Amaltafino's was depressing though and I didn't really understand what I was supposed to get out of it. I liked that part about the geometry book hanging in the yard, but was overall confused.
I thought it was cool how each part tied together in some way. Like you meet Amaltafino and then read about him and then read about Fate who meets his daughter then you read about Haas who plays a major role in the murders then you loop back to von Archimboldi. Like that was cool, but I don't think I got the significance of the connections.
In the part about the murders, what was the deal with the kid cop? Is it that he's trying in a system that's broken?
I feel like I just have way more questions now that I've finished the novel and would love some help understanding what I read.