Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

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

529 reviews

trintrin'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

4.0

This book cured my inner teenager :) 

Would’ve very much been a 5-star read but the laughter-heavy, dialogue-filled pages brought it down. Seriously, am I that melancholic or is everyone in this book laughing at anything and everything? And I’m still on the fence about that ending. Will be picking up the sequel though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and War

kovecs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Alcohol

ymistryy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Car accident

Minor: Violence

amanda884's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Car accident

Minor: War

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

bookishperseus'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

deestreet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident

kat_in_a_tree's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

Very immersive, cinematic. A little dreamlike, and very sad. Not a strong plot, but loveable characters and engaging style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcohol

celestial_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

This book is beautiful. From the writing to the characters themselves. Truly an amazing book. Well worth all the accolades it received. Even as a lesbian I felt seen by this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident