Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

ARISTOTELES Y DANTE DESCUBREN LOS SECRETOS DEL UNIVERSO by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

91 reviews

nicnevin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A painfully honest book about two teenagers unsure if they are in love, about the secrets we hold tight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

eadaoin_'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

goldencrowned's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

warning: this book is written in first person
wasnt vibing with this book in the beginning, but i started to fall in love with the characters and get really invested in some of the plot threads. 
no spoiler spoiler: the parents going back on all their stances at the end felt like it came a bit out of nowhere, but people do do that sometimes.
the characters feel like real people, and the pacing feels almost like it could be a biography/diary of real events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Murder

brissieb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Hate crime, and Medical content

wheelow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Animal death

clara_b0oks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal death, Drug use, Car accident, Death, Hate crime, Murder, and Bullying

kissjjong's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Bullying

a_new_elisabeth's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Mostly just boring, really. Also, noticed the subtle sexism. Not just in the characters, but it's quite obvious the author also feels that way.

He kept describing them to be laughing. At nothing funny. There wasn't anything for me to laugh about, and therefor the emotions of the characters almost never matched mine. Don't think that's the intention.

He's trying so hard to make this mean something. It was just another example of generational trauma. Not that well done either.

 

Also, if your brother killed an innocent person, just because your brother is transphobic, you should react more horrified. Plus, you want to start contacting him? Why? He's awful. We don't forgive people like that. We shun people like that. What the hell?

 

Boy am I glad I bought it second hand and didn't give the author my money.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

Minor: Animal death and Transphobia

najmavojtech's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: War

alyssadavis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

“When do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?”

I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. “I don't know," I said. "Tomorrow."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, Car accident, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Racism