Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

234 reviews

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

goosecaboose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

This book is amazing!! I just wanted to hug the book and the characters the whole time I was reading it. It’s very wholesome and warm. Putting this book down during a reading session was basically impossible. I definitely recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, and Medical trauma

There’s a good chunk of possibly triggering things in this book, however, I get triggered moderately easy and didn’t have any problems. This book is definitely worth it.

marla_a's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, War, Death, Drug use, and Grief

eleanorshellshtrop_mybeloved's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Hate crime

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

hexa's review against another edition

hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder