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

511 reviews

kaygee_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia and Pregnancy

tchotcheke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

this book. the bane of my existence. my roman empire. OH MY GOD WHY DIDN'T I READ THIS SOONER? I'll probably write a cohesive review later but oh my god

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

maren_notkaren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

You know how sometimes you just cry silently as you stare off into the middle distance while your soul gets completely wrecked? That is the experience of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by @benjamin.alire.saenz 

PROS: 
👟The fact that the story was less concerned with forcing a defined sexuality and more concerned with giving the characters space to find themselves. 
🐕Both families are top tier 
👟Ari’s slow acceptance of his feelings even when they were glaringly obvious to everyone around him 
🐕Dante just being himself, including the hatred of shoes

CONS: 
👟By the time we learn what happened to Ari’s brother, I was as frustrated as him by the secrecy. 
🐕I wanted to scream about the homophobia, but the book is set in the 80’s. It is frustrating but accurate for that moment in time. 

👟👟👟👟👟 out of five sneakers tossed down the road 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

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

moony_277's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

The book is easy to read and has very short chapters, which makes it feel more fast paced. 
The charcters are cuties.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Murder and Alcohol

monili's review

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

tyyyler8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

mlyald's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

twingscb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Violence, and War