Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

62 reviews

bluebreex's review

emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Homophobia

Moderate: War, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Minor: Death

vr_alyssa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

2017 review:
Those five stars relate to plot. It really got to me. Just a story of two teenagers, best friends, and life in 1987. It's heartbreaking because it's easy to relate to (no matter your gender, race or sexual preference). I really loved this book.

2023 review:
I decided to re-read this book on a whim. I honestly don't know why. I mean, I already had a pile of books I'm currently reading. Simultaneously, I had forgotten how much I love this book. Not because it's eventful, or fast-paced and action packed (like most books I read these days), but because it's so incredibly human. I don't know if I appreciated how beautifully it depicts the teenage condition last time I read this novel, or how it demonstrates how complicated unconditional love can be. But man. I ugly cried a couple times near the end, which caught me off guard. Because I honestly did not remember how much I love this book, just that I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder and Death

ronan900's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Car accident

Minor: Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and War

daphneembry's review

emotional lighthearted 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 a beautiful and accurate representation of adolescence and discovering your own queer identity. It was so real and honest. It was slow at times, but once I was about halfway through, I couldn't put it down. As a queer person, it was so easy to see myself in this book and in these characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty

mical45's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Death, Cursing, Murder, Animal death, and Car accident

lost_windsock's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

This book was absolutely beautiful. It destroyed me. 

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Content Warnings

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

goosecaboose's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-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

5.0

This book is amazing!! I just wanted to hug the book and the characters the whole time I was reading it. It’s very wholesome and warm. Putting this book down during a reading session was basically impossible. I definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, and Medical trauma

There’s a good chunk of possibly triggering things in this book, however, I get triggered moderately easy and didn’t have any problems. This book is definitely worth it.

cherrycoeur's review

emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, and Sexism

marla_a's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, Outing, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, War, Death, Drug use, and Grief

hexa's review

hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder