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

247 reviews

eyelash_0205's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

5.0

This is such a genuinely beautiful story. The way it's written from Ari's point of view gives you the most detailed insight into his mind. The development and discovery is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

ninawilson's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

chloevienna's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

really cute!! a super nice, slice-of-life type of read. not a ton happens, but it feels engaging anyway. really raw writing - worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Blood

jae0141's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Hate crime and Violence

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

idajoh's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

At the beginning of the book I felt like I wasn't the intended audience. And then I really loved the second half of the book.

But the author is a transphobe so please do not support him<33 (I purchased my copy before I was aware of that)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, Car accident, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Alcohol

lacey_wi's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and War

Moderate: Transphobia

ellasara's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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ja huomaan aina jotain uutta

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Blood, and Grief

tmcphetridge4's review

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

4.0

This felt like a summer fun book that creeps up behind you and hits you with angst. I wasn't ever held back by any of the characters but this definitely wasn't what I expected. The ending gutted me. I'm excited to read the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyandherroomofbooks's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

wth this book took my heart out and ripped it into the tiniest of pieces, i love ari, i love dante and from the way they treat each other they just felt so real. see when dante got beat up cause of his sexuality you could just tell how much ari loved him from the reaction :(((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, and Violence

falseglue's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Probably my favourite book I’ve read this year. I loved reading about these characters and watching them grow and figure things out. Surprisingly, I actually loved the way the book was written and find it really shows how Ari thinks about things. 5/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Medical content, and Grief