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Aristoteles und Dante springen in den Strudel des Lebens by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
18 reviews
del_moon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Murder, Transphobia, Racism, and Biphobia
dreamer01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism and Transphobia
Minor: War, Hate crime, and Biphobia
bookwormbi's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Homophobia
Minor: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Cursing, and Misogyny
luananki's review against another edition
- 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
all in all, i enjoyed their story and how ari felt in their relationship. i’m still glad i picked up the sequel even though it could’ve been kept shorter.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Homophobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Cursing, and Racism
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Murder, and War
headachesince03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and Violence
skudiklier's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Grief, and Outing
Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Biphobia, Cursing, Bullying, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Deadnaming, and Child death
Minor: War, Animal death, Slavery, Murder, and Infidelity
onemamareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Transphobia, Biphobia, and War
emordnilap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
1. It was too long for how little plot there was. I don't feel like there was a solid plot with the storyline and we were just badly following Ari through the rest of summer and his senior year.
2. They never really elaborated on many things (ex.
3. The immediate and general acceptance of just about EVERYONE when Dante and Ari came out was unrealistic. It was so off and wrong that it was really upsetting. There is no way that the one lady was the only one who when someone came out/was gay was mad.
4. The book felt like it was trying too hard to be prose. There were a lot of "wow what a beautiful line moment" but they felt out of place and forced so that the book could seem of higher literary value because nothing in the plot did that.
5. It felt like the author wrote a sequel because of how well the first book did and they knew he could make a lot of money, not because he felt like he had more to do with the characters.
6. The transphobic behavior of the author once again comes through in his writing. (Also biphobia is gross)
7. The sudden and frequent references to pop culture of the time felt really out of place compared to the first novel(I feel like following the AIDS crisis through book one would have been interesting because doing it in the second book felt really out of place).
Overall I was really disappointed by this book, I'm glad I got it from the library and did not directly financially support the author. God forbid this becomes a trilogy because if it does I will not read it.
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Biphobia
ocelitaussi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Deadnaming, Medical content, Racism, Transphobia, and War
Minor: Suicide and Biphobia
limewheel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The beginning was tolerable, but the middle is where it became a train wreck for me. All of a sudden, there were a bunch of new characters introduced that Ari is instantly close to, and for some reason Dante goes M.I.A for a while, then there are these random speeches that random characters give because apparently everybody can pull out the eloquence of a well seasoned writer at a moment's notice, and the worst part for me is that all anybody does in this book is talk. There's no room for the subtlety and mutual understanding between the author and reader and characters like in the first book because everybody is too busy telling you what you're supposed to know. Trust the reader a bit.
And, this is a very personal thing, considering I'm bisexual myself, but
The last third of the book is probably the best for me. The writing actually has some quality again and the characters talk like they're actual people having a real conversation. (Most of the time.) I enjoyed seeing how Dante isn't as perfect as Ari or the readers thought he was, and that his flaws are as real as Ari's. The character development in this book is probably its best quality; it all feels like a natural progression of who they were in the first book, and I never questioned any of their growth.
TL;DR: Don't go into this book expecting everything that made AriDante 1 amazing. Here and there, yeah, but setting your expectations as high will only leave you disappointed like I am.
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Biphobia