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Originally Posted by corona
I actually thought pretty much all of the Baroque Cycle -- or at least the first 1 1/2 books I managed to get through -- was lazy and weak. A real letdown after his earlier books. (But then I had the same reaction to Iain Banks's Surface Detail. I mean, not everybody can be David Foster Wallace.)
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I can understand not enjoying the Baroque Cycle (it is not for everyone), but I don't see how you can call it lazy. It was pretty exhaustively researched and intricately constructed.