Helpful Score: 1
If you want to evaluate this book, then I recommend the print version, not this audio recording. I just didn't like the reader. For some reason he felt compelled to give every character an exaggerated accent, and made them all sound insufferably pompous as well. Also, he pronounces "forehead" so that it rhymes exactly with "horrid." I hope he doesn't go around talking that way in real life.
The story itself is somewhat interesting, but again, my judgment of it was clouded by my irritation at the narrator, so I can't be objective on this point.
In fairness, though, his voice is extremely well-suited to reading Dante's actual poetry, and you get to hear the opening canto of The Inferno at the end, which is nice.
The story itself is somewhat interesting, but again, my judgment of it was clouded by my irritation at the narrator, so I can't be objective on this point.
In fairness, though, his voice is extremely well-suited to reading Dante's actual poetry, and you get to hear the opening canto of The Inferno at the end, which is nice.
Very interesting historical novel which made famous authors seem more real to me. I felt the previous rating wasn't accurate. I liked it a lot.
