Reviews

The Divine Comedy I: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

melissalikesmilk's review against another edition

I’ve tried twice now but I just can’t force myself to sit through it might need to read some easier works that add to the context first I’m not sure tbh 

casual_henk's review against another edition

3.0

It just was not my thing

hopeless_salad4's review

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

vemilla's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

sydtravis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

afterplague's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Sorry Dante
No one cares about the Florence parts of the story anymore...

Seriously, obviously this is a classic. I read a really great translation from the Gutenberg Project that kept the original rhyme scheme of the poem, and I think it really added to the experience. 

What is there to say that hasn't already been taught in a thousand college lectures.

lolz_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

tolkienstits's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

there's just something about almost 600 year old italian self-insert fanfiction that can be so personal to a girl like myself.

jennmaries98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

tasha_wade's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

So the copy I read turned out to be an abridged edition, but anyway, I have read the main parts of Inferno I guess. 

Normally I don't love epic poems, the Odyssey, Spenser's Faerie Queen, Pericles are all texts that I have not massively enjoyed. But something about Inferno has always had a bit of a hold on me and I still cannot quite articulate why. I think its just the creativity, the irony of all the punishments, the way sinners bodies are taken apart or buried are described in such detail. The descriptions of Ptolemaea were genuinely so chilling. Of course not a lot actually happens its just a walk through and out of hell with a lot of name dropping that I don't context for, but still super captivating. I guess i need to actually find a full length version now RIP.