Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

517 reviews

anapthine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

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: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and War

ellasara'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? It's complicated

5.0

ITKETTÄÄ!!!!!!! parempi nyt kun luin tän toisen kerran. en tiennyt että se on mahdollista. mitä mä nyt teen…


kolmas kerta
joka kerta tää kirja tuntuu suuremmalta kuin mikään 
ja huomaan aina jotain uutta

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Blood, and Grief

yoursupremereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

Where do I even start with this lil gem from the ocean?!?!?!? I could talk about this book for hours on end. Gushing and singing its praises to high heaven. A masterpiece in concise and compelling writing that I will revisit for years to come. Saenz hit the ball out of the park with this coming of age story. The characters are full of life and make you want to root for their happy endings. Ari and Dante are precious little beans and you want to reach into the book and hug them with every beginning of a chapter. Broken into multiple parts spanning over the course of two summers, this is a story about a teenage Mexican American boy coming to terms with himself, his sexuality, and his family. The tenderness between Ari and Dante is palpable and the way they understand and secretly unravel for one another to become closer is breathtaking. Would recommend this read to anyone and it's a definite recommendation for young queer people everywhere. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Murder

tmcphetridge4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

This felt like a summer fun book that creeps up behind you and hits you with angst. I wasn't ever held back by any of the characters but this definitely wasn't what I expected. The ending gutted me. I'm excited to read the second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyandherroomofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

wth this book took my heart out and ripped it into the tiniest of pieces, i love ari, i love dante and from the way they treat each other they just felt so real. see when dante got beat up cause of his sexuality you could just tell how much ari loved him from the reaction :(((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, and Violence

__manu___'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, and Murder

kellableeping's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

A beautiful slow burn look at friendship between teen boys, and the intersections of queerness and culture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Transphobia and Murder

nessanguyen'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia and Violence

Minor: Murder

falseglue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Probably my favourite book I’ve read this year. I loved reading about these characters and watching them grow and figure things out. Surprisingly, I actually loved the way the book was written and find it really shows how Ari thinks about things. 5/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Medical content, and Grief