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Aristóteles e Dante Mergulham nas Águas do Mundo by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
85 reviews
jamie1498's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Transphobia and Murder
hannahwillacy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Violence
bookswithlauren's review against another edition
- 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
Like the first book, we tackle so many real life problems in this book! Figuring out who you are in this world is definitely the main theme of this book series but in this sequel, we delve family dynamics, importance of friendships and navigating a relationship in your teens much more. The characters of Ari and Dante are so beautifully written that I felt a connection with them instantaneously. Their thoughts, feelings, life experiences are so relatable and raw that it really touches the reader, especially if they have similar experiences. I adore both boys' families and they really bring a sense of hope and love to the story.
Similarly to the first book, the only thing I wish was different was how fast paced the ending of the book was. I feel it would have been much better if it was a little more paced out. I do hope we get a third book because I do feel the story ended quite suddenly when there was more to explore.
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation
talasterism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Death of parent
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
applebutter_and_pickles's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
btrz7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.0
It's sappy, disjointed, goes nowhere with its weird fragmented chapters, seems to be just a lot of amateur philosophy and quotable sentences that seem over the top in context.
To be clear, the book was so boring and, in my opinion, badly written, that I had to go back and read a chapter because I had mostly glossed over in my head one of the major events if the book, if you can say it has any. Also was getting tired of all these characters introduced out of the blue just to tell Ari how much of a man he is.
Overall, too many attempts at moralising for me.
Graphic: Homophobia and Death of parent
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
ridesthesun's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol
sophie42's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Vomit and Outing
lukas_ty's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Transphobia and Murder
headachesince03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment