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O Nome da Rosa

Umberto Eco

3.97 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Brilliant!
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A really fantastic mystery with all that rabbit-hole-ness of Foucault's Pendulum.

It's a 540 page book. I read it in less than 5 days. That's all you really need to know. I'd consider it a perfect book. Laced with mystery, atmosphere, history, and philosophy. It's maybe the slowest page turner ever (not a criticism).
emotional informative tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark funny informative mysterious slow-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: Yes
challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes

Fue un libro con una narrativa simple, pero atrapante. El hecho de que tenga textos escritos en latín siento que embellece todo.
La trama fue bastante compleja y aún así el autor logra que se entienda con facilidad y aunque hay una gran cantidad considerable de personajes puedes diferenciarlos con facilidad.
Tardé mucho en leerlo y es que, pensaba que habían escenas que no aportaban nada, pero al pasar de los capítulos me fui dando cuenta que todo en la historia era esencial.
Un libro algo largo, pero que vale la pena sin dudas. Te hace cuestionarte cosas y abrir la mente a nuevas ideas.

Me ha fascinado, sin duda uno de mis favoritos.
adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Wish I had read this in my 20s. Still, a fun read.