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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A reread. Originally read in 2014, I think.
Liked it back then, like it now too. Probably is in my top 5 Classic books.
While the prose and writing style tend to be complicated, I liked how the footnotes made sense of them. All in all, it was a dramatic, intriguing, and well-written piece that I will visit again in the future!
fast-paced
challenging
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I wish I could read the original text, because the poetry of the text would probably feel much more pronounced (I enjoyed Milton’s Paradise Lost, which I was able to read in its more-or-less original state), but as it is the piece is a very long series of historical ‘anecdotes’ briefly broken up by theological insight and self-indulgent descriptions of Dante’s own place in the story.
I will hopefully finish it one day, but everything I see says Paradiso is the worst of the triad, and Purgatorio is already such a drag that I feel I need to stop, at least for now.
Inferno was enjoyable at times, and there are a few very memorable lines, but there are only so many times you can read the same canto/stanza.
I will hopefully finish it one day, but everything I see says Paradiso is the worst of the triad, and Purgatorio is already such a drag that I feel I need to stop, at least for now.
Inferno was enjoyable at times, and there are a few very memorable lines, but there are only so many times you can read the same canto/stanza.