electrozombie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
fienvermeylen's review against another edition
5.0
Opnieuw voor school (groten)deels gelezen... Prachtige verwoordingen overal, vooral bij Inferno en Purgatorio.
lukija's review against another edition
1.0
Olisin halunnut antaa 4,5 tähteä Petri Järveläisen erinomaiselle esittelytekstille Danten Divina Commediasta. Se sisältää juonitiivistelmän lisäksi asiallista taustoitusta Danten maailmaan ja tekstiin.
Näytelmä puolestaan jäi minulle ontoksi ja heppoiseksi. En päässyt sisälle miten näytelmäteksti kommunikoi Danten tekstin kanssa ja en kyennyt pääsemään sisälle henkilöhahmojen maailmaan, pään sisälle, motiiveihin, syihin olla henkilöhahmoja tekstissä jne. Ei siis onnistunut lukukokemus minulle. Usein näytelmiä lukiessa näen mielessäni kohtauksia, mutta tätä ei tapahtunut, mutta ei tämä toiminut edes ”lukunäytelmänä” minulle. En oikeastaan edes tiedä mistä näytelmä kertoi, aiheet yms ihan hukassa. Kenties henkilöhahmojen todellisuuteen ei ollut tarkoitus päästä sisälle vaan he olisivat markkeeranneet jotain yleistä...mutta kun tätäkään kohtaamista ei tekstin kanssa tapahtunut. Luin kuitenkin loppuun, koska halusin nähdä minkälainen tulkinta Danten Paratiisista tekstissä oli. Ja sekin...äh. En siis odottanut toisintoa vaan olin avoin jollekin omalle, mutta... äh.
Näytelmä puolestaan jäi minulle ontoksi ja heppoiseksi. En päässyt sisälle miten näytelmäteksti kommunikoi Danten tekstin kanssa ja en kyennyt pääsemään sisälle henkilöhahmojen maailmaan, pään sisälle, motiiveihin, syihin olla henkilöhahmoja tekstissä jne. Ei siis onnistunut lukukokemus minulle. Usein näytelmiä lukiessa näen mielessäni kohtauksia, mutta tätä ei tapahtunut, mutta ei tämä toiminut edes ”lukunäytelmänä” minulle. En oikeastaan edes tiedä mistä näytelmä kertoi, aiheet yms ihan hukassa. Kenties henkilöhahmojen todellisuuteen ei ollut tarkoitus päästä sisälle vaan he olisivat markkeeranneet jotain yleistä...mutta kun tätäkään kohtaamista ei tekstin kanssa tapahtunut. Luin kuitenkin loppuun, koska halusin nähdä minkälainen tulkinta Danten Paratiisista tekstissä oli. Ja sekin...äh. En siis odottanut toisintoa vaan olin avoin jollekin omalle, mutta... äh.
gabrielhopkins's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
linuskramshoej's review against another edition
slow-paced
5.0
Challenging read from start to finish but its goated
Skim read purgatorio 1-17 and heaven 1-32
Skim read purgatorio 1-17 and heaven 1-32
sinorcanut's review against another edition
Truly one of the most books of all time.
stefhyena's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
At the risk of being seen as a Philistine I don't get what's supposed to be so great about this book. The theology sucks. If I had more faith I would have lost it reading this petty and biased account of how God supposedly favours some of the weapon waving narcissists over the others and creates and evil expansionistic empire in the sky complete with horrendous tortures for the masses.
The poetry...well to be fair I read it in translation. A good and careful translation which explained some of the scansion and other decisions that were kept in, as well as why the rhyme was not. The notes were invaluable for actually understanding some of this nonsense. But apart from the offensively bad theology (to be fair probably normal in his day) and his obvious self-aggrandisement throughout (there's been a good meme on this which turns out to have been exact) the pace is very slow and tedious. I forced myself to read 2 cantos a day over many months. I do want to learn what is great poetry and to be a better poet myself and this is meant to be one of the best.
From the perspective of old white men who like empires I guess...
The poetry...well to be fair I read it in translation. A good and careful translation which explained some of the scansion and other decisions that were kept in, as well as why the rhyme was not. The notes were invaluable for actually understanding some of this nonsense. But apart from the offensively bad theology (to be fair probably normal in his day) and his obvious self-aggrandisement throughout (there's been a good meme on this which turns out to have been exact) the pace is very slow and tedious. I forced myself to read 2 cantos a day over many months. I do want to learn what is great poetry and to be a better poet myself and this is meant to be one of the best.
From the perspective of old white men who like empires I guess...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Bullying, Suicide, Torture, Ableism, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Slavery
jjerling's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
halberdbooks's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Reading this book took a physical copy, an ebook copy, an audiobook of a different translation, a second audiobook of recorded lectures on the text, and a second time through the first audiobook. But after seven months, I can finally say that I have read Dante's Divine Comedy once. What did I get from it? Both more than I thought and less than I'd like. I can tell I'm going to have to revisit this many, many times before I can claim to even conversationally grasp it. What a difficult text. But I've read it. Once.
steven_nobody's review against another edition
3.0
I got through to the end of Purgatorio and just couldn't gather my mental resources to continue any further. After being confused by last few chapters of Augustine's Confessions and then being completely squashed by Boethius and Abelard's last letters, I think that I do not like Medieval religious writing at all.