A review by steelcitygator
Purgatory : Italian text and verse translation by Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri

4.0

This is one of those books that makes me really desire for Goodreads to be a 10 point rating system than a 5 point one. It is much better than a 3 star (average) book, and I should not for anyone who doesn't know this is the second part of the Divine Comedy, but I feel terrible giving it a similar score to its predecessor section (Inferno). Musa provides more amazing notes with an easy to read and faithful translation. I will say it is not as good as Inferno, but this review can be summed up like this: If you read Inferno and need to continue Dante's journey this is an enjoyable experience, though it aims for more grandiose and spectacular imagery. On the contrary, if you didn't enjoy Inferno or are on the fence and comfortable with ending Dante's story on his escape from hell than this may not be the book for you.