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آنک نام گل by Umberto Eco

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minchiela's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

catalinaaa's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious slow-paced

4.0

justinlife's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Boy is this book a doozy. It took a bit longer than I expected to get through. It is dense and at times unforgiving. The Name of the Rose offers a fictional glimpse of a monastery in the 1300s where people are dying right before a meeting between the Pope's entourage and the Emperor's where they discuss Christian theology. It's up to the monk, William, to solve the mystery.

At times the novel is intense and interesting, and at times it gets weighed down by it's own prose. It's fascinating, but man, it's dense. I never thought I would read a book that contained so many philosophical questions like "did jesus laugh?" or "was Jesus poor?" These concepts seem like something we all know and could discuss but it adds to a greater conversation about Christian thought. I think about this now as there are traditionalists that seem to pass off Christian teaching as set in stone when it's always been changing; it's always been morphing into something. This was really interesting to me. I never considered that St. Francis' teachings could have posed a threat to the church.

The paragraphs are long and the murder mystery is only one part of it. I really enjoyed it, but it did feel at times like a chore to read. It's a well researched novel though.

untitledlullaby's review against another edition

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1.0

Again not really interested in philosophy and this is too religious for me I guess. I just can’t wrap my head around what’s happening it keeps getting diverted with long confusing descriptions of the abbey. The conversations were fine and j enjoyed some parts but I will have to DNF for my own sanity

philipn17's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

unobtrusivescribe's review against another edition

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Excessive, unnecessary description everywhere. Narrator extremely ostentatious and wants to prove smartness. This seems like more would read in college because have slough through for an assignment or some interpretation per sections on monks living 1300s. The intro not sure was needed or could have been shorter.