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A review by jessca
Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
3.0
We meet Beatrice in this volume, and man, do I dislike her. I much preferred Virgil as Dante's guide and companion.
This book was a lot harder to get through than Inferno, for me; it wasn't as interesting or entertaining, although I can't quite pinpoint why that is. It just didn't hold my interest as much. Then once we reach Virgil's departure, I cried even though this was all a fictional tale, and Beatrice was shockingly cold and rude toward Dante having feelings about losing his companion. I already didn't like her, and she never endeared herself to me in any way later on, but her refusal of allowing Dante to grieve was a real downer for me. There's definitely a lot more to the book than this one scene, but that was my biggest takeaway from it.
I tried to read Paradiso after this, but was never able to finish it. So at least I liked this one more than that book. I know that reading this story isn't all about entertainment, and I did have respect for the storytelling and the inventive blending of real-life people within the journey, but it became too much of a chore to continue it until the end.
This book was a lot harder to get through than Inferno, for me; it wasn't as interesting or entertaining, although I can't quite pinpoint why that is. It just didn't hold my interest as much. Then once we reach Virgil's departure, I cried even though this was all a fictional tale, and Beatrice was shockingly cold and rude toward Dante having feelings about losing his companion. I already didn't like her, and she never endeared herself to me in any way later on, but her refusal of allowing Dante to grieve was a real downer for me. There's definitely a lot more to the book than this one scene, but that was my biggest takeaway from it.
I tried to read Paradiso after this, but was never able to finish it. So at least I liked this one more than that book. I know that reading this story isn't all about entertainment, and I did have respect for the storytelling and the inventive blending of real-life people within the journey, but it became too much of a chore to continue it until the end.