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cjm1701's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia
jayisreading's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Suicide
Minor: Torture and Cannibalism
astrangewind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The book was incredibly slow-moving, and written very densely, full of philosophical and literary references and tirades that I'm not well-read enough to understand. In general, I feel like philosophers (and their work) have a smugness about them that I find distasteful, which was true for the portions of this book that devolved into arguments or monologues about whether or not Jesus Christ laughed.
That said, I did find the plot compelling enough to finish the book. At times, it lulled, but the mystery was sufficiently mysterious to keep me reading. There was humor to be had, too; a 14th century monk talking about a perpetual motion machine made me chuckle. The ending was fascinating, and I genuinely couldn't put the book down at the last 70 pages or so. I'm sure there's some kind of allegory there, or other kind of metaphor or lesson, but even without the background to be able to understand it, I still enjoyed the plot for what it was.
Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, and Islamophobia
Minor: Confinement and Torture
deparme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, and Torture
lief_'s review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, and War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Vomit
dannyclarke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Minor: Ableism, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Classism
All of the -isms and bigotry in the book stem from its setting in a medieval monastery. Eco does not modernize the views of any of the characters, who are primarily monks from nobility with the standard prejudices of their day.marxxx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Excrement and Cannibalism
saintmaud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Misogyny
Minor: Incest
esztertth's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia
iirreeaadd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Colonisation