Helle’s Reviews > The Prague Cemetery > Status Update

How is it so far ?

Hmm...interesting certainly, chock full of Eco's trademark knowledge about all kinds of things, perhaps a bit too much so...

I hate it when the writer starts selling himself as a know-it-all.

The funny thing is, I don't think that's what Eco is doing, not deliberately. His default mode seems to be 'medieval encyclopedia' or something...

But the info and knowledge must coalesce with the story, or it just becomes a nuisance. I was thinking about reading "The name of the Rose", Have you read that ?

Now that is a book I cannot recommend highly enough! I read it years ago and to some extent had the wonderful movie at the back of my mind, as inner pictures. It's one of only twenty books on my favourites shelf! Read the book first, then watch the movie! (And then get back to me :-))

Done! :)