Reviews

The Paradiso by John Ciardi, Dante Alighieri

portlandcat's review against another edition

5.0

“Love that cannot comprehend darkness is not true love at all.”

kristenmtan's review against another edition

2.0

2/5
read excerpts for hum. boring as hell. actually significantly more boring than hell

henry_michael03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

stewardii's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Got to admire the literalism required to land on ‘well if Hell is underground then Heaven must be in space.’ 

zoes_human's review against another edition

adventurous challenging

2.0

mmazelli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

amayakodi's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

danidep's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

2.5

rachaelpianist's review against another edition

5.0

Exquisitely beautiful, did Dante get dizzy with all the endless spinning and blinding?? Questions that need answering. Heaven being this glorious and wonderfully constructed needs to be taught as compulsory RE/catechesis, not just Inferno…

Also John Ciardi’s translation is great, lots of informative footnotes which made it much more enjoyable to read.

lordcheez's review against another edition

3.0

Meh, there is a reason they teach Inferno, but not the others.