Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Numele trandafirului by Umberto Eco

3 reviews

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

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

seanml's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A very well-written story, centered on a mysterious death at a Catholic abbey in the 1320s, and the two monks that set to uncover the truth. Despite its length, I thought this book was very well written (Or perhaps, translated since it was originally published in Italian) and goes by quickly. However, if one half of this book is mystery, the other half (And I’m not exaggerating: 50% of the narrative at least) is all theological discussion in the setting of medieval Italy. If that doesn’t sound very interesting to you, brace yourself. And even if that does sound interesting, brace yourself even further because with medieval Abrahamic religion comes intense, indoctrinated misogyny. Is it culturally and historically, accurate? Perhaps. Does the author actually believe in the evil of women? Luckily, no. Nevertheless you’ll encounter multiple sections where monks preach the evils of womanhood, all while the abbey is beset by lies and murder. But as our main characters trudge on, they must ask: Where is the goodness of their God? Where is the justice in His cosmic plan? The answer becomes less and less confident. Equal parts mystery, equal parts Catholic history, equal parts theological skepticism, I thought this was a captivating story. 8/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol