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Feb 05, 2024wyenotgo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Themes abound. The title alone reveals one of the book’s themes: Names or signs, everywhere. The elaborate marginalia the monks execute in the documents they copy are signs, suggesting disorder that lurks on the margins of orthodoxy. And a…
Jan 05, 2024filkinc rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
i think "The Name of the Rose" was first described to me as a semiotics thesis disguised as a murder mystery, or perhaps the other way around. in the month-ish i spent reading it i found it difficult to stop thinking about the book; in the…
Sep 12, 2023pozrob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This not so old (written in 1980 and translated into English in 1983) classic chronicles a murder investigation by Brother William of Baskerville, who’s a Papal Inquisitor and his novice apprentice Adso, (who narrates the story) at a 14th…
Jun 29, 2023bibliosara rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Eco's medieval mystery is perhaps one of the strangest murder mysteries I have ever read. The basic premise of the plot - a young novice works to help a highly intelligent monk solve a series of graphic murders in a Benedictine abbey in…
May 26, 2023JCLMattC rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Yes, it's a great book. Yes it's a book for book lovers. That said, even though I enjoyed the experience of this book thoroughly, I am unsure who to recommend it to. You have to REALLY love literature and history to get through some…
May 23, 2023AndrewLaarz rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favourite books ever. Eco is a modern classics author. May he rest in peace.
Apr 13, 2022darcyhudjik rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an extremely detailed and involved mystery. I totally recommend it!
Sep 16, 2021JCLFlanneryC rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite books and the least probable best seller of the 80s. This book is difficult but embedded within its long descriptions and digressions is a really wry sense of humor, scandal, and even fun, it's no wonder Dan…
Jun 02, 2021ryner rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
As Adso, a Benedictine novice, and his traveling companion William arrive at a remote monastery, they are informed that a suspicious death has just occurred. A second monk's death is discovered the following day, along with a…
Sep 04, 2020ladykara101 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This was absolute torture to get through. Had it not been a book to read for my book club, I would've put it down long ago. It would've killed me, as I never leave books unfinished, but this was just so full of rambling that did not matter…
Nov 22, 2019snailgem rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
the writing was old style, hard for me to follow
Jul 28, 2019zipread rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Though renowned he may be, I feel almost as though I were some kind of reprobate not being able to enjoy the author. Sorry. I guess my taste in books runs much more to the pedestrian than to Eco.
Jan 04, 2019DominiqueRossier rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
When reading this, I was still studying Latin and so I actually read some (not all, as some are too long or, to be honest, a little boring) of the Latin texts. I felt so proud. Anyways… The story is great. A real page-turner, unlike the…
May 15, 2018DCLadults rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The best of historical fiction with immense philosophical depth. I loved how the religious thoughts and political intrigues of the time were laid out before me, with their sense of promise to some and threat to others.
mrob
Mar 23, 2018
There is a "companion" for this book: "The Key to The Name of the Rose" Haft, White, White Ampersand Associates, Inc. Harrington Park, NJ 1987 Translations of some of the text, and a brief history of Middle Ages.
Jul 05, 2017
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Jun 05, 2017
The movie that was made with Sean Connery is much better than the book.
May 28, 2017janetll69 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Life is too short to be wasted on crappy books! This is one of those. Besides the first 30 (actually numbered) pages of the book being an introduction that could have been added at the end of the book, this is the second book that was…
Dec 02, 2016InsJavert rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This story was a bit long. Long in the sense that the author went a lot into detail, which set up the scenes and the events, but a bit tedious, or at least it was for me. Secondly, it was slow and methodical. I have to admit, when reading…
Apr 01, 2015Eosos rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
When mentioning the genre of historical mysteries this book always tops the list of books you are supposed to read. So I finally got around to doing just that. While this in no doubt a dense book filled with debates on 14th century…
Nov 04, 2013coraleemagni rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very good novel. Takes you back in time into the minds and dilemmas of different and clashing philosophies that dominated the lives of the clergy and its subjects alongside a great and mysterious story.
janinethequeen
Aug 19, 2013janinethequeen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Change your life good.
Apr 10, 2013Hello_Seattle rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great book.
Apr 20, 2012ReallyFriendly13 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Good book? Yes. Readable? Not really. One of those books that you'll have to stick with to glean the final prize, which in truth may not be everyone's cup of tea. Gives you a vivid picture of the times it was set in but get ready to be…
Mar 19, 2012Stevenarntson rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I mentioned this title on an ongoing review series "Literary Counterparts." http://www.stevenarntson.com/2012/01/literary-counterparts-eco-and-juster.html