Reviews tagging 'War'

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

227 reviews

shamaramill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, and War

Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Deportation

sunshineking4's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

God I love them <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Transphobia, and Alcohol

anndreya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Murder, and War

gloomybear_jazz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Death and War

lias_library22's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, and War

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, and War

ineedrhythm's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: War

turningtides's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and War

trintrin's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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 book cured my inner teenager :) 

Would’ve very much been a 5-star read but the laughter-heavy, dialogue-filled pages brought it down. Seriously, am I that melancholic or is everyone in this book laughing at anything and everything? And I’m still on the fence about that ending. Will be picking up the sequel though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and War

amfrtsedi's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

Maranda’s narration is good, but not stellar. There are times when it’s hard to tell which character is speaking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, and War