3.85 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
adventurous challenging fast-paced
adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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
adventurous

I enjoyed the hollander notes a lot and had a fair few laughs. This book is very dense with lots of notes, Im sure you can find more pared down translations, however there were many perhaps superfluous notes that i did enjoy and helped with the context of the book greatly.
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I didn't find this as difficult to read as I thought it would be but it was still a challenge 
dark funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this is the ultimate historical fan fiction and It’s Awesome. This book is dark and tragic, yes, but also absurdly comical. I thoroughly enjoyed John Ciardi’s translation and all the notes he provided. It is excellent. 
adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Dante is so goofy