El club Dante by Matthew Pearl
El club Dante

Matthew Pearl

El club Dante

The Dante Club #1

Matthew Pearl with Vicente Villacampa (Translator)

586 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced
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Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dante's "Inferno." Only an elite group of America's first Dante scholars--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fields--can solve the...

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Moods

mysterious 92%
dark 65%
tense 41%
adventurous 36%
challenging 21%
informative 20%
reflective 10%
emotional 7%
sad 3%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 46%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 55% | A mix: 39% | Character: 2% | N/A: 2%

Strong character development?

No: 46% | It's complicated: 30% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 40% | No: 30% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 47% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 55% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.24

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