Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

229 reviews

nachognomie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Murder, Addiction, Hate crime, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Death

Great book! All the listed triggers are very very minor in my personal opinion and not a main focus or graphically described in more than a couple sentences.

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Grief and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and War

danajoy'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? Yes

4.5

Aristotle Mendoza is 15 and has no idea who he is. 

This book feels so intimate. You're in Ari's head. He's complicated and sensitive.

I love the adult cast in this too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer

colorful_lulu's review

hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Violence, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder, Bullying, and Pregnancy

alliskarathe's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

i adore them and the writing and lgtbqia books and that theres a second book and that this lived up to my expectations and that this made me cry and everything for a little while

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, War, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Animal death, Pregnancy, Death, and Racism

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Medical content, Xenophobia, Violence, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, War, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Outing, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Hate crime

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

You know what? If a book makes me laugh AND cry I think it deserves 5 stars. 

I am neither a teenager nor a boy, but this was a beautiful and engrossing story about family, friendship, hardships, self acceptance, trust, and love. 

I highly recommend listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda narration of the audio book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Bullying

Moderate: Transphobia, Cursing, Drug use, and Outing

Minor: Pregnancy and Murder

lost_windsock's review

challenging emotional 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 was absolutely beautiful. It destroyed me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, and Homophobia

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy

elliereadsthings's review

hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

A really cute story about a boy falling in love with another boy, what more could you want???

For some reason I absolutely LOVE the parents in this story, they’re amazing. I may even love them more than Dante and Ari themselves. 

The start was a little slow, but I swear this book just got better and better the further in I got.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

“Dante. I really liked him. I really, really liked him.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Hate crime

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Murder, Grief, Classism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Transphobia, War, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Cancer