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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
64 reviews
lost_windsock'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, and Homophobia
sorcha's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy
elliereadsthings'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
For some reason I absolutely LOVE the parents in this story, they’re amazing. I may even love them more than Dante and Ari themselves.
The start was a little slow, but I swear this book just got better and better the further in I got.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Dante. I really liked him. I really, really liked him.”
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Hate crime
Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Murder, Grief, Classism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Transphobia, War, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Cancer
triangular_pascal'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
3.5
Minor: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence
jasmineslibraryy'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: Alcohol, Cursing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Car accident
Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, and War
Minor: Outing and Deportation
journey2's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Minor: Hate crime, Murder, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Car accident, Deportation, Alcohol, and Blood
Tw: homophobia, transphobia (use of an out dated t word that would have still been in use in the 80s, although this does seem to be rectified by the second book and handled with more care), violence, car accident, death, incarceration, AIDS.anxieteaandbiscuits12'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
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Body horror
Minor: Animal death and Bullying
moonheavn's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Homophobia
greek_book_wanderer's review
- 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
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the book tackles various themes, like family dynamics, ethnicity and identity. I expected to read a novel that would focus more on the romantic aspect of the book, but it was more complicted than that. The relationship between the two protagonists and their parents was an aspect of the book that I liked. While Dante's relationship with his parents is more open, Ari's relationship with his parents is more complicated, especially with his father who is “inscrutable” and he deals with his own demons. Their parents are by no means perfect, but they love them and their support was so heartwarming. It's really important to see parents who accept their children the way they are and they continue to love them no matter what.
I became very attached to Aristotle and Dante and I enjoyed seeing their growth, especially Ari's and their relationship's progress. I liked Ari as a character, he is very complicated and throughout the book, he was feeling self-doupt and was struggling with his feelings. In the end, he managed to explore them and discover himself and I felt really proud for him.
The writing was simple, quotable and sweet. I enjoyed the dialogues and I found it cute that sometimes Ari and Dante repeated the phrase the other said. Due to the writing and the short chapters, the book was very fast paced and I could hardly put it down.
However, even though I loved the book, I didn't feel like giving it 5 stars. As much as I enjoyed the writing, sometimes it was too repetitive and some dialogues were kinda dull. In some conversations between them, the characters seemed like robots when they communcated with each other and that made the dialogues seem unrealistic. In some chapters, the plot seemed messy and all over the place. I got the impression that the author wasn't sure about what he would write about and sometimes the book would get from one topic to another in a very sudden way. But my main issue was the ending. While I was reading the last chapters, I couldn't help but think that the plot was rushed. There was room for more development and the way Ari realised his feelings was very absurd.
In my opinion, this novel can be loved by young and older people. It's touching and I believe that many people will connect with it. It's perfect, but it's still a book that can make many people come in terms with their sexuality or identity.
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Hate crime, War, and Death
Minor: Car accident, Drug abuse, and Transphobia
purplepenning's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, War, Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty and Cancer