A review by fjerda
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is perhaps the best book i have ever read. Although a significant amount of it drags through historical obscurity, the twisted and heartbreaking characters, the beautiful prose and the last fifty pages make up for it. eco expertly propels motion in this book making a phenomenal, memorable, adrenaline raising book. The pay-off of ridiculous obscurity is a gut punch of expert story telling.
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