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hoong's review
5.0
I have only finished one story and I am very impressed. Great gay stories should be written like this where there aren't any prurient contents that are regarded as distasteful for reading and discussing in formal settings like a classroom or university lecture hall. Professor Saenz does a good job using Young Adults vocabulary to tell his tales. Contrast this to Professor Aciman's style in the "popular" 'Call me by Your Name.' If I were lucky enough to teach an English 101 class, Professor Saenz's novels will be in my reading list for students who do not wish to read about heterosexual relationships.
dreaming_ace's review
5.0
Stories of life, Stories of belonging, Stories of finding a way through this thing called life.
addisalazar's review
4.0
4.5. this book was so sad. it consisted of 6 short stories and none of them had a happy ending which i don’t mind because they were beautiful and real. my favorite ones were “the art of translation” and “the something rain”. i could see the traces of the author’s writing, all the stories had similar settings, there were recurring themes of broken family ties, addiction, death, mental illness, etc. but still each story felt unique.
i love this author’s writing style, given that aristotle and dante is one of my fav books ever. i love that he writes queer experiences in such a simple way, they’re heartbreaking but also real. i could see how some events of these stories were also put into ari and dante’s books.
a lovely read, it made me want to read even more from benjamin alire saenz :)
i love this author’s writing style, given that aristotle and dante is one of my fav books ever. i love that he writes queer experiences in such a simple way, they’re heartbreaking but also real. i could see how some events of these stories were also put into ari and dante’s books.
a lovely read, it made me want to read even more from benjamin alire saenz :)
bellsb00ksandwritings's review
4.0
This collection of seven stories was really beautiful and really depressing at the same time. Each story felt very real, and they all had a surprising twist at the end. When I started the last story I was convinced I was finally able to predict how it would end-I was wrong! (Thank goodness, I was wrong!!)
The only 'problem' I had with this book was that at some point it seemed like the stories started to blur into each other (maybe this was exactly why it was so good? I have to think about this...), which made it a little confusing, but only a little.
The only 'problem' I had with this book was that at some point it seemed like the stories started to blur into each other (maybe this was exactly why it was so good? I have to think about this...), which made it a little confusing, but only a little.
asurges's review
4.0
Wonderfully drawn characters, well-written stories about people living on the El Paso-Juárez border.
novaturientexplorer's review
5.0
This book was so stunning. This author is so damn like poetic. I admire him so much. Like, you don't understand just how much I liked it.
Would definitely re-read it.
Would definitely re-read it.