Gary F. (garythefowler) reviewed on 3/24/2014 + 65 more book reviews

Saw the movie a long time ago; glad that I finally got the book and read it. The movie was at a necessarily different pace--different medium, different target audience, all that--but overall stuck quite close to the original. The novel had longer dialogues, some detailed theological and philosophical discourses, classical Latin quotes here and there: but that is not all bad, because it sets the mood and pace. Eco's stated purpose was to take the reader into an experience of the 14th century era and issues, and he did that quite well. The tale was told by the Adso, the young assistant to William of Baskerville, written decades after the events. Very interesting author's postscript attached three years after publication.

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