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crimsonbimney's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kajaglede's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
bruuuh this man got exiled and came into his rep era, wrote this to diss and expose corruption in the Catholic Church. compared it to the nine circles of hell, climbing purgatory, then finding paradise, guuurl.
major girlboss moves where made in the 1400.
thank u andrew hozier byrne for providing the soundtrack bahha
thank u andrew hozier byrne for providing the soundtrack bahha
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Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
‘Love, that so soon takes hold in the gentle breast,
Took this lad with the lovely body they tore
From me; the way of it leaves me still distrest.
Love, that to no loved heart remits love's score,
Took me with such great joy of him, that see!
It holds me yet and never shall leave me more.
Love to a single death brought him and me.’
O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?
Lost are we, and are only so far punished,
That without hope we live on in desire.
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
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tcameron's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
meganlaurenp_'s review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
lilith19's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
tackerly's review against another edition
3.0
Beautifully written and yet a difficult read if one, like me, is not familiar with the history of 13th-14th century Florence, as Dante condemns many of its historical and contemporary citizens - both good and evil - to the flames of hell.
Harold Bloom (who quite rightfully recommends John D. Sinclair's wonderful prose translation) goes on and on about "Il Commedia" being a paeon to Beatrice but she is largely absent in this first volume, receiving only passing mention in three or four cantos. "Inferno" is really Dante publicly implicating those he holds responsible for the morally sad state of his beloved city.
I'll be coming back to this one again once I have a better sense of who all these people were.
Harold Bloom (who quite rightfully recommends John D. Sinclair's wonderful prose translation) goes on and on about "Il Commedia" being a paeon to Beatrice but she is largely absent in this first volume, receiving only passing mention in three or four cantos. "Inferno" is really Dante publicly implicating those he holds responsible for the morally sad state of his beloved city.
I'll be coming back to this one again once I have a better sense of who all these people were.
umbrellatrees's review against another edition
3.0
I did NOT have fun, but its historical value is unmeasurable.