Reviews tagging 'Outing'

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

52 reviews

ridesthesun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

What a lovely lovely story 🥺 I love these types of deep character dives, and the work and care put into these boys and their families was just gorgeous. The tone was somehow gentle even as it dealt with really harsh subject matter in a blunt way. Loved these boys, loved the style. Can't wait to read book two ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Outing, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: War

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Biphobia, Car accident, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Sexual content, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE BOOK.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Outing

Minor: Homophobia

marleen02's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Hate crime

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Murder

kaylee1957's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

I haven't read a ya book in such a long time. This book was a heartwarming, accurate coming of age book. Filled with incredible friendship. The themes in this book are life lessons for all ages. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Outing, Racism, and War

blymanor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, Car accident, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Outing, War, and Sexual content

lydiaaaaa's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident and Outing

Minor: Medical content

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

I'm writing this review after my first reread. This book is fantastic. It took me longer than expected to read but that was because I decided to annotate it and there was sooo much I wanted to annotate. I put in 35 tabs for the most important things but I underlined something on every second page. After reading it for the first time I gave it 4 stars but I'm going to change it to 5 stars now because I love it. Benjamin Alire Saenz really has a way with words. He manages to capture human emotions and thoughts in such small and basic sentences. It feels so honest and raw and I would truly recommend this book to everyone. Especially though to queer boys who come from religious or conservative backgrounds and are trying to come to terms with their sexuality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: War

merah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

3.75

Short chapters. We're talking 2-5 pages. I personally love that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and War

Moderate: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Heavy mention of trauma and managing / living with trauma

laner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Outing