Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

62 reviews

bronsonmh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

 
I thought this was such an AMAZING book. Once I got started it was hard to put down. I loved Ari and Dante as main characters. I think their friendship was so pure and true in the beginning. Granted they were two opposite kind of people. Ari is quite, keeps to himself, and has a little bit anger inside him. Where Dante is so open and carefree. As the story continues they start to find themselves and try to figure out going from boyhood to manhood. I think I made the right decision to listen to the audiobook because Lin-Manuel Miranda narrates the book and did such an amazing job doing it. Can not wait to read the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, and Cursing

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

erissa_lestrange's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Transphobia, and War

cavitycollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Hate crime, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

Minor: Transphobia

lara_bk's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pregnancy

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

ninaaaaa's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, War, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

cinnamonghostie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

BEST BOOK EVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Transphobia

miaaaahh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

I fell in love with Ari and Dante. I think this is the first time I feel so quickly in love with two characters in such a short book. Would 100% recommend it to anyone who asked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, War, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

danyccosta'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Transphobia

Minor: Violence and Animal death

valpuri's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Murder, Homophobia, Drug use, Car accident, Bullying, Blood, and Transphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia