I've
finally finished
Foucault's Pendulum. I really really liked it, BUT...
1) It's just too long, and it really didn't need to be. I mean, I understand that he really was trying to impart the whole process of thought these characters went through, but he could have done it without the excrutiating detail of the historical "facts". I got the point after the first meeting with the colonel, everything after that could have been FAR less detailed. By the end, I was so crammed with so many names and dates and connections that when things from the beginning of the book were brought up again, I couldn't remember what they were.
2) There was one thing I just didn't get, maybe someone who's read it can help me...