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A rózsa neve

Umberto Eco

3.97 AVERAGE

dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I still remember the smell of the book... it was so good.
It's one to read, sitting on your bed in your teenage room, with Grace by Jeff Buckley on the stereo.
That's how I did it and it was great.
Only thing is there are so many monks it's hard to remember which one is/was which. So I made a card with every name and some details about him.
challenging reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

Full of unnecessary self indulgent prose and excessive multiple page descriptions of doors unrelated to the plot. Would skip unless you're interested in 1300s monastic politics, hate women, and love to blame people for being poor.

Giving up. Not worth finishing. Maybe if you are REALLY into 1300's monastic politics. But trust me, you are not.

My God, what a messy episode of CSI.

Ik vind De Naam van de Roos een bijzonder boek en ik snap goed waar het verhaal heen wil. Het taalgebruik is uniek — en verrassend genoeg niet eens zo zwaar als ik van tevoren had verwacht.

Toch ga ik hem DNF'en.

Niet omdat het slecht geschreven is, maar omdat ik er simpelweg niet ín kom. Het boeit me inhoudelijk minder dan gehoopt, en ik merk dat ik mezelf steeds moet aansporen om verder te lezen. Soms moet je gewoon accepteren dat een boek op dat moment niet bij je past — en dat is oké.

Wie weet geef ik het ooit nog een tweede kans, maar voor nu: gesloten, met respect.



De eerste 100 blz waren lastig, maar daarna werd het boek alleen maar beter. Blij dat ik 'm gelzen heb. Minpuntje; al die Latijnse zinnen hebben voor mij geen meerwaarde, maakt het enkel lastiger om te lezen.
challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was so brilliantly written, I didn’t think I could finish it when I first started but I think this has become one of my favourite books of all time! There is a lot of long philosophical and theological debates between characters that are somehow relevant to the plot? I like how everything ties together, can’t wait to reread this.