Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

519 reviews

himeru's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I loved this. I can’t wait for the sequel! (He is blissfully unaware)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Transphobia and Murder

erikavillaignacio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I'm writing this review after my first reread. This book is fantastic. It took me longer than expected to read but that was because I decided to annotate it and there was sooo much I wanted to annotate. I put in 35 tabs for the most important things but I underlined something on every second page. After reading it for the first time I gave it 4 stars but I'm going to change it to 5 stars now because I love it. Benjamin Alire Saenz really has a way with words. He manages to capture human emotions and thoughts in such small and basic sentences. It feels so honest and raw and I would truly recommend this book to everyone. Especially though to queer boys who come from religious or conservative backgrounds and are trying to come to terms with their sexuality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: War

merah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

Short chapters. We're talking 2-5 pages. I personally love that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Heavy mention of trauma and managing / living with trauma

juliaximena's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Love love LOVED this!!
This was an emotional rollar coaster. I've seen some people say it isn't anything groundbreaking, and I get that, but honestly I just love reading a sweet book sometimes. Ari and Dante felt so real to me, with Ari sometimes being so relatable it hurt. I loved the developement and depth his character got, and so so many others did too. I especially liked the focus on the parents since in so many books about teenagers, the parents are usually more or less out of the picture or ignored by the story. It was very refreshing to have them be important characters. 
I've also seen some people not enjoy the writing style, but I loved it. The many line breaks and conversations with no descriptions, just the words spoken, were very effective in my opinion. I annotated the hell out of this and probably will continue to do so on future rereads. So so many good quotes and lines I enjoyed. 
Also the emotional aspect is *chefs kiss*, I had so many moments I just had to put the book down, smile and think "life is good after all". I'm not sure if that's just me and my current emotional state, but it made me happy all the same. It also, of course, made me sad, because who expects what seems on the surface to be a sweet summer friendship story to become so tragic, and so many times? Beautifully written, the sad parts and the happy ones, either way filled with so much emotion and poetic language. 
I'm docking a point because I wish we could've had at least a chapter or two with the ship in place, and also I can't bring myself to ignore the two pages that umm... aged poorly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

mrdeadman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Blood, and Alcohol

ravenclaw_28's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

eurydice_books_09's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

A M A Z I N G !!!! wowowowowow I couldn’t put this book down. I relate to dante a lot and that’s probably another reason why I got so obsessed with this. Literally one of the cutest relationships ever and I loved watching them grow.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Transphobia

driedoutglue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

deadpoetsam'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and War