Reviews with content warning for War - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

I watched the movie on my first date with my girlfriend. Then she got me the book for my birthday bc it's one of her favorites. I loved the movie and I love the book! I can see why it is one of her favorites.

I saw a lot of myself in the Ari and Dante for different parts of them.

One of the best books to end the year on.

A must read for anybody who likes any genre!

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pontyaque's review

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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robinks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

I’m so happy there is a sequel haha. And I want to see the movie! It was difficult for me to understand Ari in the first half of the book or so, but maybe it’s because I don’t have the experience of being a teenage boy growing up under the constraints of toxic masculinity/machismo.

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pau_line's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

ein absolutes comfort book.
Die Geschichte mit ihren Charakteren sind einfach unglaubblich wholesome. Ich hab das Buch so gerne gelesen, weil es einfach super süß war.
Die Geschichte aud Atis Perspektive war so gut erzählt, die Gestaltung der Kapitel meiner Meinung nach richtig gut umgesetzt und der Schreibstil hat toll dazu gepasst.

Tatsächlich hat das Buch eher wenig echten Inhalt und lebt nicht von Spannung, sondern eher vob fer einzigartigen Dynamik der Charaktere und den Gedanken der Hauptfigur. Es finden sich ganz unterschiedliche Themen, welche vor allem durch die Freundschaft drr bedein Hauptfiguren durch die Handlung getragen werden. Die beiden Jungen sind noch etwas jünger (15-17) und es ist auch eher als Jugendbuch zu empfehlen, aber ich fands supersüß und bin um ein paar Tränchen nicht drumrumgekommen.

Insgesamt liest es sich außerdem daher super leicht, macht ein positives Gefühl im Bauch, bringt zum Nachdenken und und und.
Ich bin super begeistert von der Umsetzung

Die einzigen beiden Kleinigkeiten, die mich ein wenig gestört haben
- ich hätte gerne auch Dantes Perspektive mitbekommen, verstehe aber auch die Entscheidung, es einperspektivisch zu lassen
- die Beschreibung, dass die beiden, aus dem nichts zu lachen anfangen, kam so oft vor, dass es ein wenig lächerlich wurde und mich prrsönlich dann gestört hat. Kann aber (as always) ab der deutschen Übersetzung gescheitert sein...

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pata's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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makoshark44's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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amandalorianxo's review

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reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I feel like the 2020’s decade will the one where I discover and find myself myself reading books I should have read in high school and college but never did lol. Aristotle & Dante was one where I saw a multitude of times but didn’t bother picking up. Now that I finally did… I will say that the setting and the full cast wasn’t what lead me to three stars. It was more so the style of writing that made me question - where was the compelling, pull that makes me feel something for these two teens bonding together? It just doesn’t feel authentic. The constant action of laughing, the dialogue that repeats and sounds so unnatural. I also was born in a Latin American family & even though I’m happy that the parents

are progressive, I can never see a parent telling their child “Hey you’re gay and you just aren’t aware so be gay with Dante (he’s been in love with you for over a year,)it’s ok.” Aren’t we supposed to let Aristotle figure that out for himself? Or maybe he’s bi or ace or doesn’t want a label / want to figure out his sexuality right now ? The odd brush of a murder of a trans person done by Bernardo also threw me off. I understand this is the late 80’s but … are we not going to acknowledge that’s wrong? Bernardo’s angry but his anger is no excuse to kill / hurt anyone.

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ksmith_23's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.5

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