Status Update

Kaleb is 66% done

Just finished Purgatorio. It was good, lots of pretty and symbolic imagery, but nowhere near as interesting as Inferno. Inferno is just more dramatic, more terrifying, just a lot more interesting. Purgatorio is just a lot more boring, probably because there's a lot less conflict, and all the punishments are kinda lame.

Looking forward to Paradiso, although it's apparently boring.

— Mar 25, 2022 12:06PM

The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

6 likes · Like flag

Kaleb’s Previous Updates

Kaleb is 33% done

Just finished the Inferno.

The writing is excellent, and I really enjoy the weird, fucked-up imagery and punishments of hell. Also, the class I'm taking has helped make sense of how detailed a lot of the symbolism is.

However, Dante spends so much time on his contemporaries from Italian history, which is boring. It's very not timeless, I would only be interested if I cared about 13th century Italian politics

— Feb 13, 2022 02:31PM