Reviews tagging 'Outing'

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

52 reviews

cavitycollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Hate crime, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

Minor: Transphobia

mermay's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Outing, Transphobia, Violence, and War

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gun violence

More details about the hate crime and outing:

Dante is seen kissing another boy in an alley. The other boy runs, but Dante stays and is beaten to the point of cracked ribs and hospitalization. Due to the circumstances, Dante is outed to both his parents and Ari's parents before he made that choice for himself.

onalark's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Outing

lara_bk's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Car accident, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pregnancy

bluebari's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Outing, Grief, Car accident, and Hate crime

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Miscarriage, Drug use, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

anjamichelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Outing

emmie_2005's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.75

This book is so beautiful. I loved the characters and their dynamic and the writing ... wow the writing is so beautiful it brought me to tears sometimes.

I would have really liked to know aunt Ophelia a little more. I think that if we'd known her for a little longer her death would have been more meaningful(?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Outing and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Medical trauma

beeswithasthma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.75

*there will most likely be spoilers here!*

wow. what a gorgeous book. i loved this because it really felt like ari could just be any random guy, which made the whole story feel a lot more relatable. he didnt have any super powers, or major trauma (i meaaann) or anything that determined what this book would be. 
instead it just felt like a casual book going through his life and his love.
i didnt expect that this book would make me cry but wow did it make me cry. there were a few scenes which made me ball.
i loved all the characters especially the parents for some reason, they were just very loveable. one of my favourite bits was the fact that

ari’s parents were the ones that helped him come to terms with the fact that he loved dante. for a family in… what was it…  maybe like 1980’s (i cant really remember) i thought it was very sweet that they were so kind and helpful about it

 
i can see this book being a new comfort book of mine just because of how nice it was to read, i mean whats not to love, there was a dog called legs.. need i say more.

(ALSO I DIDNT WRITE THIS AT 1 AM TODAY, I WROTE IT AT 1PM, WHAT A CHANGE)


P.S

im writing this a while after but i just wanted to add that some of the chapters were very short, but i personally liked that. i like to be able to stop reading after a chapter is done so being able to quickly check how long it was was nice :)
i dont know why im randomly writing yhis but here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and War

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Outing and Physical abuse

marcostorin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I was doubtful of this book in the first chapters, the writing felt a bit off to me, but soon it improved greatly - at least to my taste - and I'm happy I gave this book the chance. It is beautiful, I feel it holds several truths that many people need to hear and if you like YA it is a must-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence

olivialowry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Mental illness