Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
Hey Drone, I kind of disagree about Name of the Rose. I felt as though the extended theology riffs were essential to the story. These were guys who lived, breathed and died for religion, and the absurdity and self-referential nature of their thinking was a major point of the characterization and plot. Remember, the whole reason all of those groups were converging on the abbey was to hold a life-and-death debate about whether or not Jesus Christ owned his own clothes.

I think if you re-read it now, you'd get a kick out of the multi-page theological excursions. They're not in the book by accident.
I think I was around 20 at the time, so I'm sure most of it went over my head. I knew why it was there, but slogging through it all put me to sleep.