Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

489 reviews

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

So sweet. I loved the journey of both boys. I would love to read Dante’s POV. It was wonderful. And thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

tueller42's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Very pretty writing and very good characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Transphobia

thewinterwillow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

finished it in 2 days. goddamn that was good.

i’m crying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

deremie's review against another edition

funny inspiring

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As a coming of age story, this was beautiful. A great book for teens about friendship, adolescence, societal expectations of men and a family dealing with trauma.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

sadie_g's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

This was such a beautiful and emotional book. I loved reading it and learning more about the characters and their relationship. 

When I was reading this, I completely got into the book and just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Death, Transphobia, and Murder

thesvnthsense's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Drug use, Transphobia, and War

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

yourdelulureader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

_pauline's review

sad fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75-4 stars mostly for the parents/adults

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, and War

Minor: Drug use, Transphobia, and Murder

br3anna_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-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

3.75

I think this book did a really good job at capturing teenagers and their way of not understanding how their body works. 

But I feel at the end

when Ari decided he loved Dante. His dad shouldn't have been the one to shout it at him. Personally I think he should've had a dream where he finally sees its Dante.

It felt whenever Ari or Dante had character development. They didn't change correctly. I hope in the second book they do better with this change

Dante was getting on my nerves with this "Can't we kiss? Please? Please? Please?"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, and Alcohol