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Helvetet

Dante Alighieri

3.85 AVERAGE

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i’m gonna write a book about hell and just throw all my enemies in there for fun

Dante: And what have you done, to deserve such punishment, oh wretched soul

Guy who stepped on Dante’s foot as a child: Oh, my master, such sins have I commited, such should not be permitted to be entered upon these sacred pages. It is I count/duke of unknown italian family, please, I beg thee, remember me for as long as you live.

Virgil: ok nerd, let’s move on

Dante: Of course master, you, who in his glory, has seen all that is to be seen, your wisdom guides through these dark times and uplifts my spirit, like none other can.

This is basically the whole book, repeated 34 times.
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This wasn’t work to read like I was afraid it would be was just enjoyable. Idk I didn’t get any great philosophical ideas from this, mostly just a lot of interesting depictions of different circles of Hell.

literally my fav book
challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Divine. Structure is a bit rigid for my liking. Shout out to the translator. What a brilliant human.
slow-paced
adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No