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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
A thorough meta-commentary on the nature of truth and cognition, wrapped up in a murder mystery that ends satisfyingly.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like the labyrinthine library at it's center, this is a winding, bewildering maze of medieval philosophies full of dead-end passages, both challenging and frustrating. Probably 100 pages too long, it really starts to pay off after page 500, when the tension between murder mystery and philosophical debate resolves into something like clarity. The ending will stick with me, and I would be tempted to go back and explore the details I missed the first time, if the length did not forbid it. Would read Eco again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide, Violence
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
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:
Yes
A strong reminder that most religious debates are stupid and lead to a lot of people dying for no reason
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the most unique historical fiction book I’ve ever read that’s about a Franciscan friar and his sidekick solving a murder mystery (Sherlock Holmes shit)
An intellectual roller coaster filled with latin as if to be in prayer. The reflections are also as if to be in homily - a good read fitting for the Holy week.
Reminds me of The Brothers Karamazov - so much theological tangents and yapping about the monastic life.
Never expected this book to be this spicy? – a book about monks and priests
An intellectual roller coaster filled with latin as if to be in prayer. The reflections are also as if to be in homily - a good read fitting for the Holy week.
Reminds me of The Brothers Karamazov - so much theological tangents and yapping about the monastic life.
Never expected this book to be this spicy? – a book about monks and priests
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
J'en ai vu des aigris dans ma vie mais là...
Honnêtement, même si j'ai vu le film il y a déjà des années, j'en garde une meilleure impression que celle que m'a laissé le livre.
J'avoue avoir été vite ennuyée par les longues descriptions “inutiles” d'Eco et, je veux bien que l'histoire se déroule dans une abbaye et que la religion ait donc une grande place dedans, mais je suis persuadée que de nombreux monologues sur les idées religieuses de l'époque auraient pû être évités ; ils ralentissent inutilement la trame de l'histoire.
Autre élément agaçant : le besoin constant de l'auteur de rajouter à tout va des citations en latin.
Tu sais parler et écrire latin ? Ok cool pour toi mgl, mais pourquoi sentir le besoin d'étaler ta science en permanence ? #aigriejusqu'aubout
Sinon, pour revenir à la comparaison avec le film, choisir Sean Connery pour jouer Guillaume de Baskerville, c'était vraiment l'idée du siècle.
He's so him fr 🙏
Merci Jean-Jacques Annaud d'avoir relancé sa carrière comme ça
challenging
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 book made me feel very ignorant and very smart at the same time. the mechanics of the mystery aren’t complex, although i got completely lost in the theology in the first half-ish. the use of list-style descriptions adds to the feeling of overwhelm. eco definitely left me with a lot to chew on regarding the endless cycles of human greed