Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

4 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

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

elliereadsthings's review

hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

 A really cute story about a boy falling in love with another boy, what more could you want???

For some reason I absolutely LOVE the parents in this story, they’re amazing. I may even love them more than Dante and Ari themselves.

The start was a little slow, but I swear this book just got better and better the further in I got.

★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

“Dante. I really liked him. I really, really liked him.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

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

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

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