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Dante's Divine Comedy: A Graphic Adaptation by Seymour Chwast

carmenlavillaa's review

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funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.75

swimandglitter's review

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3.0

Putting in pictures highlights absurdity and drugginess of religious stories (here notion of hell). See crumb genesis.

gnome's review

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2.0

hmmm

icxrxx's review

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1.0

As I settled down to read this, I read some reviews and they were all 2 stars. That was highly generous, this story (or rather, this story in this format) provided me with absolutely nothing of any worth. This felt like the “12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping...” countdown of the 12 Days of Christmas, but instead of a list of nice things it was a list of the layers and levels of hell/purgatory and paradise.
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone, if you ever want to read the divine comedy... I’d reach for the original.

bibliocyclist's review

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3.0

Perfection will grow in the rewards for good and evil.

Dead souls cast no shadow.

oatcappuccino's review

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2.0

2.5ish. I thought the art was really underwhelming (especially given the extraordinary subject matter); but I mean as a summary of the Divine Comedy, it delivered. I have little interest in actually reading the original but feel somewhat obligated to familiarise myself with it.

christiana's review

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2.0

Do you know what this was like? It was like someone took their notes from reading Dante's Divine Comedy and drew some pictures using only their pen and their spotty notes. And then xeroxed it and stapled it. This could have been awesome! It's not.
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