Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

44 reviews

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

3.5

The plot was nice but the pacing was too slow and the writing style was confusing at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Outing, Sexual content, Drug use, Medical trauma, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death and Adult/minor relationship

tezariah's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and War

chloevienna's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

really cute!! a super nice, slice-of-life type of read. not a ton happens, but it feels engaging anyway. really raw writing - worth a read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Hate crime, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Death

imaginethisreader's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.25

This was utterly rapturing. It was almost like reading a poem. Might just be me, but it felt very surreal.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident, Sexual content, and Hate crime

idajoh's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

At the beginning of the book I felt like I wasn't the intended audience. And then I really loved the second half of the book.

But the author is a transphobe so please do not support him<33 (I purchased my copy before I was aware of that)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Transphobia, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Murder, Homophobia, and Alcohol

sakuraisobsessedwithbooks's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: War, Murder, and Sexual content

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Biphobia, Car accident, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Sexual content, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

prism_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Hate crime, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, and Sexual content

blymanor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, Car accident, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Outing, War, and Sexual content