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Inferno: 4 Stars
Purgatory: 3 Stars
Paradiso: 2 Stars
I became increasingly more disgruntled with religious doctrine the further along I got.
It's easy to agree with a murderer being punished or tortured.
Other sins? Not so much. Especially ones that ones that you're supposedly forgiven for.
As a general note, I've read The Inferno before in other translations and while this was easier to understand, in terms of literary quality, I think I enjoyed the terza rima translation more, so if I'd chosen a ...more
Purgatory: 3 Stars
Paradiso: 2 Stars
I became increasingly more disgruntled with religious doctrine the further along I got.
It's easy to agree with a murderer being punished or tortured.
Other sins? Not so much. Especially ones that ones that you're supposedly forgiven for.
As a general note, I've read The Inferno before in other translations and while this was easier to understand, in terms of literary quality, I think I enjoyed the terza rima translation more, so if I'd chosen a ...more
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