Dante Alighieri - Inferno: Library Edition

Pros: Photographic, outstanding writing and rhyming. Truly hellish.

Cons: Its use by televangelists to get people to hate different people than them.

The Bottom Line: Even the most religious nutcases won't want to read this to their kids. It may cause real nightmares in many.

Review: In the mind of Dante, there are nine circles of Hell. People don’t take that very seriously these days. That’s because there’s another, tenth circle of Hell that’s so vile, terrible, and downright evil, Dante just couldn’t bring ...

Pros: Interesting, curiosity drives the reader forward

Cons: Antiquated characters with no modern meaning. Authors small mindedness creeps through.

The Bottom Line: Read this is you fancy a morbid gory look at a very ancient view of hell. Be prepared for much research to grasp much significance from the characters.

Review: With the exception of the Holy Bible I think this is the oldest book I have read in a long time. Written at the beginning of fourteenth century, this is the tale of a man in a mid-life crisis that wanders off one day into an allegorical vision of a ...