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The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

19 reviews

persi's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The music between Cantos, pulled from Chominciamento Di Gioia:
Virtuoso dance-music from the time of Boccaccio's Decamerone, performed by Ensemble Unicorn, was absolutely delightful and helped set the scene. I found it difficult to follow, but that has more to do with my personal struggles with audiobooks and less with the text itself (although I do think that translated classics such as this are best consumed with a healthy serving of footnotes). Heathcote Williams's narration is wonderful, his voices are excellent, and I would recommend this to those who like audiobooks and classical literature.

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withlivjones's review against another edition

3.75

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).

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racquellemulvey's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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: No

The illustrations were amazing. The book gives you lots to ponder. A must read for any religious folks. It’s absolutely amazing how timeless the work is. Also a really easy classic to get through

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vinylbob's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wonderlantis's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very out of my comfort zone book, but I made myself push through it and I’m glad I did. The last half is definitely a lot more visually descriptive and gore-filled than the first half which saved this book from being a 2 star in my opinion. My copy was also a very beautiful illustrated edition with lots of art which helped invoke the imagery Dante intended. I will probably never touch this book ever again unless I learn Italian and can enjoy it as it was intended to be read.

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