Reviews with content warning for Injury/Injury detail - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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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hazardpossum's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

This book fucking ruined me. What an ABSOLUTE callout. But my god was it beautiful. Absolutely wonderful. So sweet and made me think a lot, which i really enjoyed. Beautiful work, kinda felt like torture but in the best way possible. I have never felt Such things over a book before. God damn.

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tchotcheke's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

this book. the bane of my existence. my roman empire. OH MY GOD WHY DIDN'T I READ THIS SOONER? I'll probably write a cohesive review later but oh my god

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meheehee's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

I loved every single thing about this book.

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sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring 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

You know how sometimes you just cry silently as you stare off into the middle distance while your soul gets completely wrecked? That is the experience of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by @benjamin.alire.saenz

PROS:
👟The fact that the story was less concerned with forcing a defined sexuality and more concerned with giving the characters space to find themselves.
🐕Both families are top tier
👟Ari’s slow acceptance of his feelings even when they were glaringly obvious to everyone around him
🐕Dante just being himself, including the hatred of shoes

CONS:
👟By the time we learn what happened to Ari’s brother, I was as frustrated as him by the secrecy.
🐕I wanted to scream about the homophobia, but the book is set in the 80’s. It is frustrating but accurate for that moment in time.

👟👟👟👟👟 out of five sneakers tossed down the road

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bookish_perseus's review

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dark emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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