Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

78 reviews

xandry's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Car accident

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Death and War

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and War

katwhiskerz's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.75

I adored this book. I think if I read it again, I would love it even more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and War

Minor: Mental illness and Car accident

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

quinn_k's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Violence

siestudygirl's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.25

This book definitely holds impact, not just during its time of publication, but to present day. I received this book as part of a book swap, and I was stoked to dive into it! I liked how each character had their respective flaws that didn't make them unlikable. However, although I definitely picked up on the plot, I did not like some of the pacing. Nor was the writing style (consistent, short, blunt sentences) totally my speed. In fact, only when there was some kind of confession did the writing style change. 
Overall, this is a good book! But some of the pacing and writing didn't really help with engagement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia

Moderate: Mental illness and Racism

Minor: Cursing and War

marla_a's review against another edition

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

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

brianna_reading5's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Mental illness and Violence

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and War

solo_shelf's review against another edition

I stopped reading this last year bc I didn’t like the writing style and Aristotle was so depressing, it felt like looking at a mirror and … that was not good for me at the time lol. 

I picked it up again bc the book has been sitting on my bedside table and I wanted to get rid of my TBR alphabetically.

 Giiiiiirl.

Me realizing that the writing style is either fanfic-y and/or like my stream of consciousness: 👁️👄👁️
And although sometimes Aristotle is funny and relatable, I definitely started pushing myself around pg 170 and started skipping whole paragraphs to try to finish. Aristotle is very relatable to me and it absolutely makes me #depressed bc it was too close for comfort. 

I know lots of people liked this book, and I kept pushing myself bc I wanted to see what happened between the boys but… once I noticed that I was skipping so much and not  attention, I just had to stop :/

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail