A review by tophg
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.75

This could have easily been much shorter, but then again that would sort of defeat the whole premise of the book, and on that note --

I've never watched so many YouTube videos related to the subject of a book, sheesh, esotericism, mysticism, Kabbalah, Knights of Templar... which ultimately is why this book isn't my favorite, but it gets a decent review for the themes and when there is a plot line it's pretty damn cool. Otherwise, it's a whole lot of history that may or may not be factual (or important).

"You spend a life seeking the Opportunity, without realizing that the decisive moment, the moment that justifies birth and death, has already passed. It will not return, but it was—full, dazzling, generous as every revelation. "