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cllleeerrr 's review for:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
catharsis for the born-angry, the born-sad, the emotionally stunted children of emotionally repressed dads, those haunted by the opening and closing lines of w.s. merwin's "youth", teenagers, grown adults still waiting to not feel like teenagers, anyone still waiting to feel real, the gays, the agnostic gays, the catholic agnostic gays, the born-sad catholic agnostic gays. me. you, probably. our dads, if only.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia
Minor: Violence, War