The Name of the Rose (Mystery novel by Umberto Eco)

The first thing that should be marked with triple lines of ink is that despite being a mystery novel, the book behaves a lot more like a docudrama "Inside the Gates of the Monastery" in which three-fourths of the book is dedicated to developing different philosophical and theological problems common in the medieval ages (Is poverty right or wrong, did Jesus ever laughed or not, etc), and the remaining part describes very, very thoroughly the environments of the Abbey. Then there's a minuscule part, barely even noticeable where the actual crimes happen and an even smaller fraction of that where William of Baskerville makes some vague statement that might or might not hint at a possible reason for the crime, maybe, with cero certainties. Also, he never says who could be the culprit, so he's far from being the "Sherlock Holmes in the Abbey". The book was hard to pass but in hindsight, it's not that bad, just overly pretentious. Still, not recommendable- as a novel, at least. If someone is to read it I recommend approaching it as you would a thesis or a philosophy text, with lots of time and patience. 5/10