Reviews - O Nome da Rosa | The StoryGraph

3.29k reviews for:

O Nome da Rosa

Umberto Eco

3.97 AVERAGE

dagsywagsy43's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

anneyconda's review against another edition

2.0

I had problems in that I don't speak Latin or Greek or Italian and I don't know much about monastic sects etc. Those issues a side it was still a compelling murder mystery but it left me with a lot I didn't understand and it took me over 3 weeks to finish. Probably not worth it.

jaschbergen's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous informative mysterious reflective 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

Die Geschichte ist sehr gut geschrieben die Historische Spielfläche resultiert aber zuweilen in etwas stuzigmachenden Meinungen der Charaktere

Content Warnings

bealmg's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Sinto necessidade de justificar a minha classificação deste livro - apesar de saber que é daqueles que ou se adora ou se odeia. Se, por um lado, o mistério foi a parte que mais me prendeu ao livro e me fez querer terminá-lo, houve alguns aspetos deste livro que tornaram a leitura custosa. Compreendo que o objetivo era retratar as tensões politico-religiosas da altura, mas o modo como Eco as retratou não foi, a meu ver, a mais interessante. Achei que a caracterização deste clima (feito maioritariamente através de detalhadas discussões sobre questões filosóficas e teológicas) pareceu uma enorme aula ao invés de um romance - não pude deixar de comparar com Wolf Hall de Hilary Mantel, que penso ser um melhor exemplo de exímia caracterização do contexto político-social da altura que retrata. No entanto, é um livro que vale a pena o esforço pela reflexão que convida a fazer sobre o poder do conhecimento, o acesso a este e as possibilidades subversivas dos livros e da leitura.

angele16's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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: No

dervorleser95's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

laelsila's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is the first Eco I have ever read. I have seen the 1986 movie several times as a kid/teenager, but the ending never quite opened for me. Now, that problem had been solved.

The first 90 pages or so of the Finnish version felt like walking knee-deep in a bog; I had to force myself through the overly-verbous descriptions of doors and history (the first two times I've attempted reading this have halted here), but after that everything became more and more interesting and the book read more like a traditional detective story (with some slower parts here and there). I've heard this was Eco's way, but I have no comparison, so don't know if it's true.

I liked it very much in the end, although the need to force myself through parts is not something I really hope from my books, so I'll need to leave the stars at 4.