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The details are fuzzy for me now, but I remember being fascinated by the plot as it played out, particularly the infighting between the various religious denominations, as I happened to be reading it while studying some of those events for a class. Some of it was downright funny and ridiculous, some of it was intellectually stimulating, some of it was just sad.I wasn't sure what I thought of the ending, but the buildup and the investigation into the murders was great, especially the labyrinth of the library! Who doesn't like an awesome library maze?!
I started off doing so well with the pacing then got caught up in the story and now I'm done. :( Such a good book!
Renee wrote: "I started off doing so well with the pacing then got caught up in the story and now I'm done. :( Such a good book!"I put it aside so that I could stick with the schedule, and kinda lost interest, but now that you've said that I think I will go jump back in.
Janice(JG) wrote: "Renee wrote: "I started off doing so well with the pacing then got caught up in the story and now I'm done. :( Such a good book!"I put it aside so that I could stick with the schedule, and kinda ..."
That's the trouble with trying to read to a schedule. I have the same problem. I start getting interested, then I have to put it to one side and read other books so that when I'm meant to read it again I've often lost what interest I had and even started to forget what happened when it's a complicated book because I might have read 3 others in the meantime.
Nicola wrote: "That's the trouble with trying to read to a schedule. I have the same problem. I start getting interested, then I have to put it to one side and read other books so that when I'm meant to read it again I've often lost what interest I had and even started to forget what happened when it's a complicated book because I might have read 3 others in the meantime..."Of course, that's also the reason I like schedules... it allows me to schedule other reads simultaneously. It also gives me the opportunity to catch up if I get behind, which is true in this case. I'd still rather have a schedule than not.
Well I finished this book. I'm not sure how I liked it yet.
Congratulations on finishing!
Ok my thoughts so far (and please note there could be spoilers if you have not finished it). I loved reading about the labyrinth of the library. Very fascinating and how fun it would be to browse something like that. Oh and the books the monks came across too - wow. Can you imagine having something so amazing (the library and the books) so close, but being denied access?!? How frustrating that would be.
The debates were interesting but at times I felt too long winded. Sometimes debating just to argue for the fun of it?
*spoiler*
So laughter is the downfall of religion...to laugh in the face of fear (or the devil). This would make people less afraid of God and therefore would destroy the church. It seems almost comical...especially the way Jorge presented it AND then ATE the book! It is reminiscent of book burning. It gives the air of keep the "simple" people in the dark and uneducated so they will follow blindly. It seemed at the end to me Jorge had changed sides...from God fearing monk to devil in disguise.
**major spoiler alert**
I am not sure how I feel about the ending either. I'm torn between it being very fitting and being very devastating. Maybe it's both. To watch that happen must have felt like the end of times almost - all that knowledge lost.
Oh, yes, the destruction of the library is devastating. More, somehow than the knowledge that those accused of heresy were going to suffer the same fate. Because we are readers? Because Ecco spent so much page-time making us feel a 'connection' to the library?
Definitely - make the reader feel a connection to the library and the books (which in general we already always do), then watch it all burn to the ground. It really tears at the soul.
It makes me cringe, just like the library at Alexandria! Although I shouldn't complain...I'll never have time to get to all the books I want to read NOW, let alone all the ones that were lost! But still, imagine just the illumination of the books alone, the years of labor, the beauty lost....and all the knowledge! How much further ahead would we be if we had retained so many books that were lost in those days and before?
I know exactly what you mean. All the potential knowledge just gone in an instant.
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