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Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

14 reviews

abigail_bowling'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

4.75

i cried a lot… i haven’t cried reading a book in a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Homophobia, War, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Deadnaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Outing, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Transphobia

toofondofbooks_'s review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

First of all, thank you Mr. Ben - I know that this book was a labor of love for you and how much it means to you that you finally have put it out into the world.

This is a sequel that I never thought was going to come, and when it finally arrived on my doorstep, I was so happy that I think I cried a little. This is a continuation of Ari & Dante's story, but it's a lot more than that. It's the story of Ari's journey to self acceptance, a story of love, loss, and growing up. It's about letting people love you even when you would rather be invisible. It's about closure, it's about romantic love, familial love, and the love of friends. It's all there. I annotated and highlighted the HELL out of this. I think I had a highlighted line on nearly every page. I just feel like getting to have read this is what I needed during this period of my life.

slight spoilers right here -

Having said all that though, I do share some criticisms and concerns that other people have about the story in general, specifically with the way transphobia presents itself and the way some characters are pushed to come out before they are ready. These were both things that occurred in the first book that I only realized were a problem years later, and I was slightly disappointed to not see them rectified.

Overall, however, I love this book. I love these characters and how they love and take care of one another. I love Dante Quintana more than I love any other boy in literature and I know that I will return to this again, just as I've returned to the original book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Outing, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Sexism, Blood, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

shanban0303's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I loved the first Ari and Dante book. This one was amazing, as well, but the first narrowly wins for me. It was great reading about Ari's growing up, in a mirage of ways. I almost cried at some parts, which is saying something, coming from someone who rarely cries when it comes to books. The story and the mix of depth and lightheartedness is one of the strengths of this author that was present in both this book and the first. I'll definitely come back to this one a number of times, as I did with AADDTSOTU. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexism

xoodlebooks's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Cursing, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Murder