I was disappointed by this book, though I hold Name of the Rose in such high regard that it would have been difficult to top.

The middle section of this book is much too long and quite boring. I was only able to keep pushing through because Eco is a superlative writer, and it's at least always fun to read. (If that's possible, for it to be simultaneously fun to read but boring? But what I mean is that he's a delightful technical writer, though the plot suffers for his fun sometimes.)