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Aristotle e Dante si immergono nelle acque del mondo by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

85 reviews

classicalhell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.25

The pacing of this book was really strange, as there were parts I didn’t think needed to be drawn out so much and others that I wish could’ve been drawn out more. I liked the new characters and what the book had to show about platonic intimacy. I also liked how we got to see the teens empowered to advocate for themselves and each other.

What I didn’t like was how the relationship between Dante & Ari progressed, and I think part of it was due to the fact that Ari seemed to be a totally different person from the first book. If we had seen more of his growth, it would’ve been more believable. Also, I don’t know if I liked Miranda as the narrator of the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual content, Murder, Outing, and War

davbat's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Amazing and made me cry on the bus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Death of parent, and War

kirsten_marie's review against another edition

2.25

I had so high hopes for this one because I loved the first book so much. It had this special atmosphere to it, and I couldn't keep myself from caring deeply for those boys and their story. sadly, I feel all that is lost after reading the sequel. 

From the beginning, the writing felt awkward and as the author has tried to compose some beautiful text, but completely missed the mark in the process. It is an extreme case of tell and not show. It felt like watching a bad play. The characters only play their roles and never feel like fully developed souls. There is little to no emotional build-up in serious scenes either. It lacks subtlety and depth. Only on a number of pages I could count on my fingers did I feel invested in the story. I would also argue that there are several very illogical choices and events. 90% of it's entirety is also direct dialogue, which I find unbearably dull. 


Should have DNFed this one, but I'm too f*ing stubborn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

My first though reading this book was that not all great books need sequels and this was one that didn’t need one. It has a very slow start in my opinion, but finally caught my attention in part four. It had me bawling my eyes out reading the final two parts and the ending was so cute. I appreciate the book even more after reading the author’s acknowledgments and seeing why he felt the need to write this book to finish their story. He is a very talented writer for sure. I do, however, wish we got a bit more Dante in the book that has his name in the title. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Murder

antonia_oana19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence and War

paperbacksandvinyl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I am UNWELL. Book two in the Aristotle and Dante  universe follows the boys into their senior year of high, but we get the whole summer to see them fall more in love. It is such a beautiful exploration of first love and friendship, and just the human experience in general. It was honestly so different from what I imagined and my hurt was broken and stitched together, REPEATEDLY!!

Being so serious, I haven’t cried like this in ages, but this book wrecked me. One of the most beautiful books I’ve read, maybe ever. I know I will carry this story and these characters with me for a very long time 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Vomit

marisa_kingsley77's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Child death and Violence

ronan900's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Murder

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

almost DNF'd, really glad i didn't 

this sequel was kinda unnecessary in my opinion but it was beautiful. ari has one of the most beautiful character arcs i've ever read. the first one is still miles better but i still thoroughly enjoyed this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cancer and Pedophilia