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challenging
dark
slow-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:
Yes
I read this solely to prepare for the release of Katabasis, and I actually found myself enjoying it more than I’d anticipated. You can definitely tell how much Dante idolised Virgil from how he tried to emulate his writing style and how certain lines felt more like they belonged in a self insert fanfiction. I enjoyed identifying all the references to Classical mythology, but the other references were a lot more niche and specific to Dante’s own time (bro really wrote fanfic of all his opps in hell being punished in increasingly original ways - even the ones who are supposedly still alive at the time of writing, which is just cold).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Child death, Death, Incest, Cannibalism, Murder
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can appreciate a good classic but, I had the displeasure of reading this on my own (I love to suffer apparently), i feel like I'd like it much much more if i listened to the audiobook, my head hurts now
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
I see a lot of comments talking about Dante roasting most of Florence. Just wanted to add that he’s doing so because he was exiled and this was a method of revenge and slander. It’s supposed to be tongue in cheek which Pinsky translated beautifully!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail