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Title: Unreadable
Review: I appreciate other reviewers' positive comments and ratings, since I appreciate Eco's technical skills and erudition. Further, Name of the Rose is still one of the most enjoyable and well written thrillers I have ever read. Unfortunately, I just couldn't keep plowing through page after page of reminiscence over obscure comic book or other literary references. I suspect those readers able to do so eventually were rewarded, but after the 50th such page I simple found the book unreadable and quit. I'll have to wait for the next Eco book for something more accessible and conventional.
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