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Azogue by Neal Stephenson, Pedro Jorge Romero

mugwumpun's review against another edition

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3.0

I was expecting this to be some sort of epic fantasy..but it wasn't that at all. I felt a bit unimpressed by this book, but I did enjoy the narrator's relationship with Newton. Definitely solid historical fiction.

kickoutthejam's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.5

fantastiskfiktion's review against another edition

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3.0

https://fantastiskfiktion.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/quicksilver/

saraishelafs's review against another edition

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3.0

Historical novel, first book of the Baroque Cycle, describes the involvement of natural scientists including Isaac Newton, Houk, Wilkins and the fictional protagonist, Danial Waterhouse during the 1600's scientific discoveries that bring Europe out of the reliance on religious explanations of life.

wrdtrvlr's review against another edition

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4.0

This is going to be a lifetime project.
And, when do I suppose it's right to start Volume 2?

manuti's review

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4.0

Con más de 6 meses de retraso y con 9 libros a la espalda (11 si contamos la saga de Azogue por separado), empiezo a escribir las reseñas de los libros que he leído en esta edición de mi particular iniciativa 12LxA.

El primer volumen, del primer libro del ciclo titulado "El sistema del mundo". Vale parece un trabalenguas, y creo que lo es. Se trata de que estos libros son una trilogía, y que cada uno de los libros lo han separado en volúmenes, en concreto el primer libro Azogue consta de 3 volúmenes: Azogue, El rey de los vagabundos y Odalisca.

Centrándome en lo que es mi opinión sobre el libro, diré que me ha gustado bastante, que lo único que puedo achacarle como defecto es que la trama se desarrolla algo lenta (claro que tiene que dar para llenar 3 libros en 8 tomos). A su favor, creo que lo mejor es el contexto, los personajes históricos (Newton, Leibniz, etc.) y las referencias históricas vistas con esa visión "geek" o "friki" tan propia de Neal Stephenson.
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sansserifsigma's review against another edition

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4.0

As mentioned in my Cryptonomicon review, this is my heroin, so just by virtue of having unnecessary conversations of highly technical minutiae, I won't give it lower than a three. It helps that this is a period and topic in history I already had quite a bit of interest in, it hinders in that Stephenson took even more time than usual in getting to a damn point. We'll see.

REREAD:

I forgot how funny and humane some the plot was. I did not forget how terribly difficult it is to follow some of the political machinations. Same rating.
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