Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

219 reviews

embark19's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This book was touching and genuine. It started a little slow for me but once I got into it, I adored the characters. I saw myself in this book and as it went on I realized how much I related to both Ari and Dante. Wonderful read for those who might be just coming to terms with who they are as a person. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Bullying, Murder, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

erikagibson126's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug abuse, Outing, Alcohol, Death, Confinement, Sexual content, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

thereistime's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Outing, Car accident, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Death, War, and Cancer

packedjam's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

ough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: War, Murder, Vomit, Drug use, Outing, and Alcohol

lynnieharper's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Homophobia

jupitersuns's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Car accident, and Homophobia

Minor: War, Murder, Hate crime, and Death

amariereadsss's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

this was one of the best books i’ve EVER read. i’m depressed knowing that i can never read it for the first time again😔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol

houseofatreides's review

emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

A wonderful coming of age story. Written in prose, it follows Aristotle Mendoza as he comes of age and his budding friendship with Dante Quintana. The novel touches on what it means to grow up in the late ‘80s, the questions of sexuality,  love, ethnicity and what it means to come to terms with oneself, the present, past and future. In a since we all live in a ecotone, of these changing waters of life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Violence, and Hate crime

robinks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Racism, Drug use, Car accident, Cursing, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Death, and Sexual assault

pau_line's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder and Hate crime