Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

516 reviews

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

ari was so incredibly relatable. i love best friends to lovers. i love slowburn. this book was perfect for me. alexa play midnight rain by taylor swift <3

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and War

Minor: Outing and Deportation

elflein's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It just wasn't for me I think. 

It had moments that gripped me and I loved the family dynamics. 
But it was too YA, too 15-year-old boy for my personal taste.
And what really irked me was the story of the brother, which hang as this big secret in the air and then in about half a paragraph we get this completely wild story with no further context and that's it...
That took me completely out of the book. 
And a bit of self-reflection on Ari's  part in the end would have been nice, not his family having to explain his own feelings to him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

hollieadaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Grief

rysbookjournal's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

barbarella85's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, War, and Injury/Injury detail

preciouslittleingenue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

What a precious little book. I was so pleasantly surprised to hear Lin Manuel’s voice and he did an excellent job with the audiobook. 

Obviously this was a friends to lovers story, but even I was convinced that maybe Ari was just not into it. Like, the logic of his internal homophobia even had *me* convinced. Dante is just such a precious nugget and needs to be protected at all costs. 

The real highlight here though is Ari’s journey, with himself and his family. The way that Dante and his parents not only changed Ari but also changed his family dynamic was really beautiful to see. The mirrored opening up of Ari’s dad and Ari himself was really special to experience. Appreciated the touch of the lesbian aunt to set the precedent that hey, the family is gonna be ok when he comes out. Which, speaking of, is always nice, when a story about queerness doesn’t need to involve the excommunication from the family or making them come to terms with it. All their reactions were just so sweet and lovely while still being real and organic. 

10/10 jumping right into the sequel immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death

corvoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and War

lizardgod's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

2.0

• Generic and boring. 'Woe is me I am a lonely Mexican teenage boy and no one loves me, a Mexican teen, therefore I am going to lash out at everyone also did you know I'm Mexican?'. Racial rep does not equal to mentioning a characters race every other page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

jonathananas's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia