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Archimboldis part is faster paced and more entertaining then the rest of the book. I hope this keeps up and we can get some answers to the many unanswered questions the book has.

Completed Part about the crimes and have started the part about Archimboldi. Finally after six hundred pages are we going to learn who Archimboldi is and how he is tied up to Santa Teresa and all the murders that have taken over the years. I hope this section makes slugging through the rest of the book worth it.

The story seems to finally be moving forward. I still believe much of it could have been condensed but overall the pace is picking up.

Dude this is progression is slow. Interestingly enough the different parts seem to be almost fully standalone and only some small connections are there. hopefully the story starts to become more streamlined because most of the text, even though it makes it more real and organic, could be removed and we could have gotten to were we are at in about 150 pages and not 450... I hope things start to pick up.

Finished the part about fate and I am starting the part about the crimes. Slowly the book has guided me to the main section and now the main cast has fully been introduced and it is now prepared to display the main plot. This book is taking me longer to read than expected it almost feels like it is making me slow down and take my time with it. Well onto the next section time to learn what's really going on.

Amalfitano part has my brain constantly engaged trying to unravel the web of its stories. There is just so many names, cultures, and events that are completely foreign to me and I am loosing sense of where reality and fiction meet. This I have to admit is fun and I am enjoying it a lot. One thing I am theorizing is that Amalfitano voice is actually telepathy he is having with Archimboldi. Also his wife did him dirty.

With the first part complete the search for Archimboldi continues, a love triangle ends in an unexpected twist, and the story slowly develops organically overtime. We are finally in the town of Santa Teresa; The main location and fictional town where all the murders are happening.

Good book but slow progress. Here is an example of just why this book is taking me so long to read:
"his novels and stories, that is, seemed completely foreign, a shapeless and mysterious verbal mass, something that appeared and disappeared capriciously, literally a pretext, a false door, a murderers alias, a hotel bathtub full of amniotic liquid in which he, would end up committing suicide for no reason"