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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
dark
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
(only read the little black penguin classics version, that was obviously missing huge chunks, like a majority of the circles. Despite being called "the circles of hell")
Liked it. As with all classics, it was hard to get into, but it was truly fascinating and full of amazing ideas. Might read the full version, though I'm not sure of it.
Liked it. As with all classics, it was hard to get into, but it was truly fascinating and full of amazing ideas. Might read the full version, though I'm not sure of it.
This is so interesting with the lore behind the lines oml
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A brilliant look into what Dante believed of the worse half of the afterlife. It is amazing that it was once believed to be so linked to Greek and Roman mythology despite modern Christianity denying some of its roots.
It was however very difficult to understand at a lot of points, although it may have just been the translation I had.
It was however very difficult to understand at a lot of points, although it may have just been the translation I had.
I think I need to read a different translation of this to appreciate this as much as it deserves.
I started reading it, then realized while watching a movie (Chahine's "Destiny") I wasn't actually gaining anything. I went back and started it again to get more. I don't think I got it all. Maybe down the line I'll need a third time —
Yet what I did get, in its image and fear and critique, remains. "Inferno" is a ubiquitous work throughout cultures influenced/derived from western Europe (so many images of evil come from here), yet in actually sitting down and reading it I was struck by how much is Dante attacking the political institutions and actors of his day. Society, to him, had fallen to the inferno so much where contemporary figures were seated next to some of history's worst figures in his eye.
Yet what I did get, in its image and fear and critique, remains. "Inferno" is a ubiquitous work throughout cultures influenced/derived from western Europe (so many images of evil come from here), yet in actually sitting down and reading it I was struck by how much is Dante attacking the political institutions and actors of his day. Society, to him, had fallen to the inferno so much where contemporary figures were seated next to some of history's worst figures in his eye.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced