Reviews tagging 'Death'

Numele trandafirului by Umberto Eco

25 reviews

gvyv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Blood

If you have religious trauma this will likely be triggering

extase_3r1c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

jayisreading's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

I’ll admit that it never crossed my mind to pick up this novel, partially because of my slight aversion to semiotics (which Eco is well-known for). However, knowing that it was a huge influence on a video game I absolutely loved (i.e., Pentiment), I thought I’d give his novel a try.

Not entirely to my surprise, The Name of the Rose was quite dense in its themes, writing style, and theoretical frameworks. I would even go so far as to say that Eco’s philosophical interests overshadowed the story itself. As a result of this, I felt a bit frustrated by the novel, because I wasn’t particularly interested in the erudite discussions that somewhat strayed from the main story, which I wanted more of. Ultimately, I think I would have liked the novel far more if there was a better balance of creative storytelling and scholarly writing. To me, at least, I felt that Eco had a very particular group of people in mind while writing this novel; I was definitely not a member of this audience, which might be why a fair bit of what he wrote flew over my head (for example, I know very little about Catholicism, which is central to the story).

That being said, I will say that this is a novel that demands the reader’s full attention, as well as their willingness to take the time to digest Eco’s ideas. Unfortunately, I didn’t have either of these due to my schedule and having borrowed the book from the library (i.e., I had limited time), so these definitely played into why I struggled to fully appreciate this novel. I guess this is to say take this review with a grain of salt, because it’s clear that a fair number of readers found the book quite rich and engaging (e.g., the developers of Pentiment, haha), and that’s likely because they had the time to sit with Eco’s words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Torture and Cannibalism

deparme's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

challenging mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

marxxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I thought this was an interesting mystery. It is cool to see how genres change over time. What stays and what has been adjusted for modern audiences.

I don't think I would read this again, but I did enjoy the story for what it was and it entertained me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

wildflower09's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Didnt particularly like the motivation of th villain, but I guess it's understandable for 14th century Italy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder