Well, some people like Eco, but I don't. To me, his stuff is egotistical showboating of historical and literary arcana. The works are long, pointless and actually quite unsophisticated considering their academic credentials. I don't find depth, purpose, wisdom, insight, fun, or any other reason to find my way back to his works.

Longwinded uncompelling pointless mystery takes modern academic back to the middle ages and byzantine medeieval conspiracy theories. There's no there there, and I felt I wasted my time with this one.

Overlong overslow overdetailed mystery in a middle-age monastery. Eco just puts all kinds of stuff in you don't care about. Give it a miss.