So this is my quick review of the first 3 volumes of The Baroque Cycle (8 volume version). I originally read the first book in this series when it first came out way back in 2003. I started the second book, the Confusion, shortly after it came out but for whatever reason I could not get through it. I listened to these on audio, and they are interesting but honestly it is hard to keep track of what is going on. They jump around in time and from character to character and it is hard to see how all the plot threads are connected. I had planned on just barreling through the whole series but I decided to take a break. I feel like maybe I should have been taking notes to help keep track of things, but that is not usually something I look for in my fiction. I will try the next book in a couple of weeks and see how it goes.