Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Book Review)

 📍  This book is about two Mexican-American teens trying to find their way in the world, but before they do that, they find each other. 


📍 These two teens are Aristotle and Dante, the former guy Ari is a self-doubting silent guy, and Dante is an expressive guy who loves poetry as well. 


📍 We experience the story from Ari’s perspective. Ari is not a case of being a bookish, indoor kid who doesn't relate to the rough and tumble world of "normal" boys, actually he likes to fight and drink and he wants a truck and a dog - he just never felt comfortable in the company of boys until he met Dante.


📍 Dante is definitely one of the indoor boys. He is sensitive, he reads poetry and draws too, he is the emotional one, who frequently cries, and he asks highly personal questions with his deeply inquisitive mind. 


📍 Throughout the book, Aristotle and Dante are exposed and layered, continually growing more complex but also becoming more bare. Their coming of age story is shown beautifully. The quality of the characterization is simply good. 


📍 Will they be able to accept each other? Read the book to find out your answers. 


📍 Benjamin Alire Saenz has written a very beautiful book, it didn't bore me till the very last page. The writing is really good, the language used is lucid and beautiful. 


📍 I bought this book as I had seen it everywhere on bookstagram and it was worth buying. I loved reading this book. But if you don't want to read anything on homosexuality then it's not for you.

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