A review by pharmdad2007
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco

2.0

This book was really hard for me to get in to! The underlying mystery story was very interesting, but there was so much other stuff going on that it felt disjointed. And by other stuff, I don't mean subplots or intermingled story lines, but long philosophical discussions, and lectures on the history of the papacy and the derivation of the papal authority, and detailed descriptions of the differences in the various orders of monks and their respective strengths and weaknesses. So in other words, just not my favorite book ever.