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A review by seth_and_potatoes
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
3.0
What a difficult book to rate. Do I rate it based on the unfathomable degree of research that went into its writing (an easy 5 stars)? How captivating the story was (2 stars)? The philosophical/theological debates and arguments that underlie the characters' motives (4 stars, but this is purely subjective)?
Overall, I average it all to 3 stars. This is my overall level of enjoyment. Personally, i enjoyed the peek into an alien world. In a sense, this setting is more fantastical to me than a world of elves and dragons. While the book does become a slog at times, I'm moderately satisfied that I gave it the chance. As someone with a casual interest in philosophy, it was interesting to see how the classical writings, having been saved by Arabic scholars, were disrupting the foundations of Christian theology. Without this tenet, I would have rated the book worse.
Overall, I average it all to 3 stars. This is my overall level of enjoyment. Personally, i enjoyed the peek into an alien world. In a sense, this setting is more fantastical to me than a world of elves and dragons. While the book does become a slog at times, I'm moderately satisfied that I gave it the chance. As someone with a casual interest in philosophy, it was interesting to see how the classical writings, having been saved by Arabic scholars, were disrupting the foundations of Christian theology. Without this tenet, I would have rated the book worse.