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I tried reading the first of the Baroque Cycle like 5 times. Could never make it more than 1/4 through it before losing steam. Anathem was the worst for me thou
by 7thaccount 3y ago
I tried reading the first of the Baroque Cycle like 5 times. Could never make it more than 1/4 through it before losing steam. Anathem was the worst for me though.
- FredPret 3y agoThe Baroque Cycle made double-entry bookkeeping click for me, bizarre as that sounds. The whole cycle is a long, long read. But there are nuggets that make it well worth it.
- endtime 3y agoAnathem really picks up after the first 400-500 pages.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI laughed. It's both true, and very not helpful. It's the equivalent of a fairly long not-so-great book before a pretty good book. Hard agree.
- dr_orpheus 3y agoAlso agreed, although I enjoyed some of the philosophical debate in the early portions of the book so I would put Anathem higher in books I enjoyed from Neal Stephenson
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- philipkglass 3y agoI am the rare Anathem reader who enjoyed the slow first part more than the active later parts. The initial world immersion was fascinating. The Big Event and subsequent faster paced developments were a lot less memorable. But I also enjoyed the instructional sections about whaling in Moby Dick.
- jes5199 3y agopersonally, I found Anathem to be fun the whole way through, but Baroque Cycle has like only one enjoyable part at the end of book two
- tomjen3 3y agoThe first part of the book is super slow and boring, but it does get much better later on and what they setup is necessary for the story.