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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
rip dante, you would have loved self insert fanfic and crossovers
tw for cursed review by me
Wow I love (looks at smudged writing on hand) contrarian pasta
Dante's Inferno is a ridiculous smorgasboard of worldbuilding concepts which serve as an inviting facade for those who don't realize what it actually is, which is Dante talking a lot about Greco-Roman figures he's interested in and like, Italian politics. Thank goodness this copy comes with a bunch of references in the back because I think the target audience for this otherwise is Italian History Majors and Probably No One Else. Which is mean. And of course there is an audience for this because most imagery of hell owes its roots to Dante somewhere, but also, man, there is some wild appropriation of mythology in here that I'm going to assume Dante made up,,, homie was like, I want some more paganism in my hell thank you very much. Shoutout to Lucifer crying tear blood and the dude turning into a dragon, specifically for the description of his "member" turning into "little dragon hands" (definitely real text from the Inferno, trust me), that was, that was a great time, loved reading that. Thank you Dante for the kinkiest depiction of hell in existence. I guess.
Wow I love (looks at smudged writing on hand) contrarian pasta
Dante's Inferno is a ridiculous smorgasboard of worldbuilding concepts which serve as an inviting facade for those who don't realize what it actually is, which is Dante talking a lot about Greco-Roman figures he's interested in and like, Italian politics. Thank goodness this copy comes with a bunch of references in the back because I think the target audience for this otherwise is Italian History Majors and Probably No One Else. Which is mean. And of course there is an audience for this because most imagery of hell owes its roots to Dante somewhere, but also, man, there is some wild appropriation of mythology in here that I'm going to assume Dante made up,,, homie was like, I want some more paganism in my hell thank you very much. Shoutout to Lucifer crying tear blood and the dude turning into a dragon, specifically for the description of his "member" turning into "little dragon hands" (definitely real text from the Inferno, trust me), that was, that was a great time, loved reading that. Thank you Dante for the kinkiest depiction of hell in existence. I guess.
adventurous
dark
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:
No
funny
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-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
Crazy how the first burn book in existence was Dante writing all of his contemporaries and rivals into Hell
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-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
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There can’t be absolution,
nor penitence when willing ill goes on.
That is, by contradiction, impossible.
“Father, for us the pain would be far less
if you would chose to eat us. You, having dressed us
in this wretched flesh, ought now to strip it off.”
So I kept still, to not increase their miseries.
And that day and the day beyond, we all were mute.
Fascinating.
Read as part of the recommended katabasis pre-reading, and I'm so glad I did.
I bought Kirkpatrick's translation before I even realised there are a million different editions and translations of this book, rip.
I hope hell is real and it's even worse than Dante's Inferno.