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A review by thereadingmum
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
slow-paced
3.0
There are perhaps less than 5 books that I would say are worse than the screen/dramatic adaptations.
This was the first I encountered. I watched the movie when I was 10. Yes, our parents' idea of child-appropriate entertainment was a bit loose when I was growing up. Anyway, I LOVED the movie. As odd as it was to hear an American accent from an italian novitiate monk, it was a good, if gruesome, movie.
The book, by contrast, was boring. All I remember was a lot of expsition and historical detail and far less story or character development. Definitely no monk-village girl trysts.
I read one other book by Eco and that was even more boring. He seems to like putting all his research into his novels. Some may enjoy reading a history book disguised as a novel. I don't.
This was the first I encountered. I watched the movie when I was 10. Yes, our parents' idea of child-appropriate entertainment was a bit loose when I was growing up. Anyway, I LOVED the movie. As odd as it was to hear an American accent from an italian novitiate monk, it was a good, if gruesome, movie.
The book, by contrast, was boring. All I remember was a lot of expsition and historical detail and far less story or character development. Definitely no monk-village girl trysts.
I read one other book by Eco and that was even more boring. He seems to like putting all his research into his novels. Some may enjoy reading a history book disguised as a novel. I don't.