Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

62 reviews

nicnevin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

A painfully honest book about two teenagers unsure if they are in love, about the secrets we hold tight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

prism_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Hate crime, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, and Sexual content

littlemelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Loved every second of reading this book. A thought-provoking tale of two boys coming to know each other, the world, and themselves. Even though I devoured it in a few days, captivated by the writing style, it lingered in my mind for many days, and I still sometimes wander back to this story.
I think it healed something in me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

goldencrowned's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.25

warning: this book is written in first person
wasnt vibing with this book in the beginning, but i started to fall in love with the characters and get really invested in some of the plot threads. 
no spoiler spoiler: the parents going back on all their stances at the end felt like it came a bit out of nowhere, but people do do that sometimes.
the characters feel like real people, and the pacing feels almost like it could be a biography/diary of real events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Murder

bookish_skies's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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 and Transphobia

Moderate: Murder and Animal cruelty

jasminaqq's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

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

Minor: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Violence, Cursing, and Alcohol

kissjjong's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Bullying

najmavojtech's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: War

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: Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence

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

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

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

This book was pretty good. I enjoyed the beginning of the book the most and wish that the first summer was written in more detail and in a slower pace so that I could have enjoyed it for longer. There were certain plot points that didn't feel very realistic and there were lots of holes that were simply jumped over. I think the author was trying to do too many things at once with this book and it would have been better if it took a slower pace. However, the characters were written wonderfully and they were what made me enjoy the book so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, and War