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

228 reviews

sadie_honey's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia and Murder

_pauline's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

3.75-4 stars mostly for the parents/adults

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Transphobia, and Drug use

sarajdid's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

br3anna_'s review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

I think this book did a really good job at capturing teenagers and their way of not understanding how their body works. 

But I feel at the end

when Ari decided he loved Dante. His dad shouldn't have been the one to shout it at him. Personally I think he should've had a dream where he finally sees its Dante.

It felt whenever Ari or Dante had character development. They didn't change correctly. I hope in the second book they do better with this change

Dante was getting on my nerves with this "Can't we kiss? Please? Please? Please?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Violence

aformeracceleratedreader's review

emotional medium-paced

3.5

I can see why so many people love this but for me, it was just okay. Loved the character development and the families' dynamics. Loved the coming of age storyline and discovering/acknowledging/accepting of one's self but it didn't totally grab me or wow me or leave a big impact on me like it has for others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Minor: War and Violence

henry10's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Violence

lonelylooper's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Dysphoria, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Classism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Transphobia, and Racism

elenabluenette's review

reflective slow-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia, Car accident, Cursing, Medical content, War, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Grief, Lesbophobia, Blood, Cancer, and Death

evawhite's review

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Homophobia and Hate crime

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, and Death