Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

51 reviews

crgbadamosi's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

Because this book won four awards, I assumed that I was going to thoroughly enjoy it. The storyline was easy to follow & I enjoyed the character development. However, I was able to figure out the plot of the story early on, which led to the book becoming one that I just wanted to hurry up and finish. This book would be perfect for any parent who has a teenage son that is trying to discover himself and who he really is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

bookish_perseus's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, and War

garrettcz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

I like the story a lot, and a lot of it really resonated with me. I think it could have been tightened up quite a bit, though. Especially the dialogue. The characters speak oddly a lot of the time, which took me out of the story over and over. One thing that really bugged me was they constantly say each others’ names to a wild degree. Not sure how that made it through editing. 

The story itself was beautiful and emotional and powerful. I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

naolin's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Yeah, this book was not for me. I kept reading because I was waiting for it to get better but unfortunately it didn't. 

First of all, why use a Vietnam war story as some sort of allegory for confessing to a crush? Why are four adults so fixated on setting up two teenagers? (Even if they are their parents, it's odd for them to be SO involved) Then there's a ton of build up which leads you to believe that Ari's brother would have a super complicated and interesting back story and then it's just

"Oh, he killed a trans woman with his bare hands, unprovoked".

Which was not only a really boring choice plot-wise, but felt weird as a trans reader. Also, there was no substance to the story. Nothing meaningful. There's no conflict outside of a couple of teenagers complaining and arguing over nothing. 

Also, Ari repeatedly says that he loves Dante, that he's his best friend, etc. There's never any notion that Ari is romantically interested in him. But yet, his parents basically coax him into saying he's in love with Dante on the premise that if he wasn't, he wouldn't look out for him. Which is crazy— can friends not save each other's lives or beat up each other's enemies?

That being said, as a Mexican-American guy, a lot of their conversations about their culture were nice.

I don't know. I heard great things about this book but I figure it's just meant for a High School audience.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

So sweet. I loved the journey of both boys. I would love to read Dante’s POV. It was wonderful. And thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

deathray's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content