Reviews

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

soulsbooks23's review against another edition

5.0

Que libro más hermoso. Tenía miedo leer este libro porque no sabía si me iba a gustar o no por todo el hype y que además tenía muchas expectativas pero fue maravilloso.

Tuve la oportunidad de escucharlo en audiolibro t me ha fascinado todo lo que envuelve a esta historia. Tenemos unos personajes, una trama y una narración increíble.

Tenemos como protagonistas a Ari y a Dante, estos dos son personajes tan bonitos que todo el tiempo quería entrar al libro y abrazarlos. También, me encariñe mucho las familias de estos dos y en mitin momento pude parar de leer.

Súper recomiendo este libro, es ligero, fresco y lleno de ternura. No puedo contigo esperar a leer la secuela✨

elcanaldevenecia's review

4.0

HOLY!

I CAN'T BELIVE THIS TOOK ME SO LONG BECAUSE I STARTED READING IT AND SUDDENLY I WAS IN THE MIDLLE OF THE BOOK BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEN AND I QUIT IT!
IT WAS AN EXCELLENT READING AND IT HELP ME A LOT TO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS. I AM DISSAPOINTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE ENDING THAT MUCH, I WOULD PREFER THAT ARI AND DANTE WOULD HANG OUT MORE AS BFS.
ANYWAY IT WAS AN AMAZING READING :)

oceansonoda's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

sarahp85's review against another edition

4.0

I so loved this!
Mind you, I "read" this as an audiobook, read by Lin Manuel Miranda who I'm kind of obsessed with and whose voice I love to listen to so maybe I'm not 100% objective here.
But what a lovely story this is!

reader4evr's review

4.0

I really enjoyed this story. I thought the boys were total opposites and I liked that because they ended up becoming friends in the end.

This book covered so many different topics which I think gives this story such a rounded book that I think both girls and boys need to read.

Truthfully I'm a little worried about the one letter that Dante sends to Aristotle about if he does something (you know what I mean if you have read the book).

Just overall a beautiful story.

sarajdid's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

astornant's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

lemonmeringuedie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

4.0

samisexton's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Maybe it's because I'm not a teenager and not a boy, but I found this book quite boring. It was thankfully a quick read, but I didn't like the characters, and it didn't feel like anything actually *happened* for most of the book. There were a few big events that everything else centers around, but otherwise it's just the narrator thinking about his feelings. Which can sometimes work, but this book didn't do it for me. 

sarahern29's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

MY HEART