Review by moonyreadsbystarlight - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

moonyreadsbystarlight 's review for:

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

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is simply incredible. It was not what I was expecting in the best of ways. Ari's voice is so distinct, not just in style but in how emotions are portrayed through the writing style. While a number of things happen plot-wise, they all relate to each other in interesting and nuanced ways. I am astounded at how well put-together this was.

I am also completely emotionally wrecked. The parts about grief have me Feeling Some Ways. And just so many things about Ari's character, I found personally relatable. But the relationship between Ari and Dante, there was just SO much in there.

The way that their interactions were written from the beginning were just so incredibly well-done. It wasn't so overtly romantic but the subtle ways that you could see them falling even when they didn't know... It was so well done. It was scarily accurate and I just... have a lot of feelings

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