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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
sorry there’s only so much Google translate i can withstand
En serio me cuesta creer que alguien haya tenido el coeficiente intelectual como para escribir esta obra. Increíble el modo en que introduce a los personajes, y sobretodo como los describe. El hecho de que Beatriz haya existido en la vida real, lo hace más especial.
"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" was good, but it's all downhill from there.
challenging
informative
inspiring
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:
No
Eh whatever. Inferno was good. I don't even remember reading Purgatorio. Paradiso was fine and full of love.
okay, this peaked all my books based on literary and poetical sense.
it is a hard book but a must for a literary adventure.
Yes.
Inferno 4
Purgatiorio 5
Paradiso 5
it is a hard book but a must for a literary adventure.
Yes.
Inferno 4
Purgatiorio 5
Paradiso 5
The background and the implications are more fascinating than the book itself. You need a lot of historical context to really appreciate this book (like Dante's exile, his love for Beatrice, and the Guelf/ Ghibelline conflict, as well as some Catholic theology) although the language is rather beautiful. It's also highly entertaining to see people Dante didn't like being described as in Hell-- although it takes a history professor and Wikipedia to inform you of who on Earth all these people are.
Descriptions of Hell and Purgatory are fascinating, thrilling and heartbreaking in one fell swoop, though the description of Paradise I found lacking. Maybe I'm just a sick individual, but it was way more interesting to hear Dante say 'This guy who exiled me is getting tortured! Neat!' than to hear him say 'Paradise is so cool I just don't have words for it.'
However, the teachings about love are touching. Even in Hell it is better to have had too much love than not enough (ie adulterers are punished less severely than traitors). This is a love story, not just about Dante and Beatrice but about the love of God, and in that respect it's beautiful. A little overrated, perhaps, but maybe it's one of those things where it has to be read in the original Italian.
Descriptions of Hell and Purgatory are fascinating, thrilling and heartbreaking in one fell swoop, though the description of Paradise I found lacking. Maybe I'm just a sick individual, but it was way more interesting to hear Dante say 'This guy who exiled me is getting tortured! Neat!' than to hear him say 'Paradise is so cool I just don't have words for it.'
However, the teachings about love are touching. Even in Hell it is better to have had too much love than not enough (ie adulterers are punished less severely than traitors). This is a love story, not just about Dante and Beatrice but about the love of God, and in that respect it's beautiful. A little overrated, perhaps, but maybe it's one of those things where it has to be read in the original Italian.
confesso que acho toda essa narrativa sensacional, a travessia pelo inferno, purgatório até a chegada do paraíso são tão ricas, mas acredito que eu preciso de mais bagagem intelectual sobre o mundo antigo e os respectivos habitantes pra apreciar 100% a leitura e mesmo as análises sobre política, corrupção moral e etc me cansaram um pouco, acho que foi uma má idéia ler ele todo de uma vez só, um dia pretendo reler com mais calma e me atentar aos detalhes de forma mais eficaz.
I really enjoyed reading this! It was a bit hard to get through if I wasn't concentrating but it really was a good book! It gives the reader a lot to think about and it's fascinating to see how people viewed the Afterlife in the 1300's.