Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

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

445 reviews

delisouseyelids's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nervcorp's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

that entire book did not prepare me for those last 3 chapters. what the hell.

if you're looking to read this due to its large popularity. please do. i loved every minute with these two loser art nerds. you will love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and Murder

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Murder, and War

carrot2025's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

I can absolutely see why this book has so many awards and deserves to so many more. It was an incredible read with a lot of heartfelt moments that really showed the challenges of being young and realizing your gay. So many times I was left crying and feeling for the characters. Watching them struggle and change and grow. It was all amazing and I highly recommend it to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death and Toxic relationship

I think this story is absolutely amazing at handling a lot of different triggering topics in a way that's respectful and is actually useful to the story.

I think the use of the Aristoles brother killing a transvestite was perfectly handled. It didn't go into too much detail and it gave a lot of context for why his partner were so hesitant to talk about Aristoles aunt being gay. A lot of the homophobia mentioned isn't too detailed but it really helps give context to the time period and gives an important insight into the characters and why they act the way they do.

mjadeh's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Car accident, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and Murder

dkguida's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

good if you want to reflect on your childhood, family, life. great coming of age queer story. gonna get the tears flowing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

avaa1000's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Drug use

erikagibson126's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia

atlasshrugged's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.0

This is probably the best M/M book i have ever read- it doesnt use the sexualities as a drama device, the characters dont go through constant suffering and pain and its just. Its so good. There ARE sad moments but thats just life. Its balanced and so well written and just ugh. Bonus points for two POC mlm bc im tired of white gays amen


Edit: just reread it- i must say sáenz did an amazing job building relatable and realistic characters. i found myself relating a lot to ari's struggles with his family, himself, his sexuality. it hurt a bit more when rereading because ari reminded me a lot of myself when i was around his age. And dante...the perfect boy honestly

EDIT 2: apparently sáenz is transphobic even without the scene in this book. Goddamn

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia