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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An erudite, enriching, ecclesiastical excursion into the medieval world and also into Eco's encyclopaedic mind. Not a light read, but certainly a memorable one.
Nope. Not for me. Giving out 2 stars for the Sherlock Holmes easter eggs and I think that’s pretty generous of me… *patting myself on the back* good deed done for the day!
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
This is maybe one of the greatest books ever written. I felt like it was too smart for me for the first hundred pages, but once I got the hang of it I was spellbound -- it kicked my ass the whole time but every page was rewarding -- it was dense but amusing, beautiful and dark, introspective without being plodding, and intellectual without being snobbish. Read the postscript, and his discussion of post-modernism and his nods to Joyce are so interesting -- this book really makes me want to read more books, and I love love love how much of this book revolved around the library and commented on love and lust and how they oppose each other. The love of knowledge vs the lust for knowledge is such an interesting discussion and I love how it was handled. The discussion of the church as it surrounded the monastery, the conflict between the Minorites and the Pope and how the politics infiltrated them all and actively hindered them in the pursuit of truth and justice. I can't stop talking about everything this book touched on because it touched on everything! Fuck. Truly, this is a masterwork -- loved the regular homage to Borges and his labyrinths, loved William of Baskerville as a nod to Sherlock, and absolutely fucking lost my mind at how perfectly conceived the ending was. I was filled with such a profound sense of loss, of tragedy, but also the ending was perfectly inevitable, even necessary. A pit of vipers indeed. God damn. God DAMN! Books of all time. Umberto Eco you madman.
challenging
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Captivating. A mu der mystery set in a 14th century Italian monastery overlayed with historical Catholic Church dogmatic debate. The two main characters are Holmes-Watsonesque. Think Pillars of the Earth meets Davinchi Code.
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A