Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe

i completed this book at a go. the only bad aspect of this book for as a hopeless romantic you see was that we very less good time with both the characters together with everything solved. but thats tge problem with a lots of books i have seen ...prime example will be find me ( the sequel to cmbyn) but this is nothing like find me though. i must add the reviews on amazing are pretty solid , my absolute favorite being from this guy called chiatanya srivastava where he goes with the title "do yourself a favour and read this book". in no way anyone is going to regret this book. i cant think of any way. now im gona talk about characters here so spoilers ahead . when i started reading i was like man ..this boy is 15 and how am i supposed to relate with him me being 18. but then i was like babe ..you were 15 once . and you have to remember that. then tried to trace back my 15 y/o self . honestly..no joke but we are forgetting what it was like 15 when we turn 16 a beautiful line from the movie the perks of being a wallflower. okay comming back to the story , i cant emphasise enough on how much i was able to resonate with ari. his hateness towards everybody after the accident, his awkwardness when people thanked him , how he needed so much alone time despite having a person he absolutely loved and adored. personalities like ari and his dad should be adored i tell you. as ari was the protagonist we know ari more than dante but its okay i guess . i feel like i know them both , in fact both their parents. every character in this novel had life and i will remember them , this doesn't happen a lot when you remember almost all the characters other than the main characters. as for the main characters both of them had something sad about them . if you have the sliglest idea of queer history you will feel more sad i guess which again brings me to the fact there was good representation i guess. i dont know i just finished reading the book and my thoughts are all over the places , guess i ll have to clean the messy room . and the two girls who were friends with ari in school, they need some appreciation man. i have mutual feelings for them as ari and i know for a fact ari appreciated both of them more than was written in words. ari as a character is an introvert ,asocial, overthinker, intellectual with good sense of humor . now thats a deadly combination and its rare to find irl . atleast thats how i would like to put it . and this combination is the sexiest . i tell you . ari had character development thanks to his parents but it was kind of his parents fault too . why im saying so is because ari also had an additional package with the above mentioned combo and that is self pity and zero self love . but eventually he learnt all of that . the biggest lesson he learnt is accepting his own feelings and thoughts . thats my opinion though . sure he was a melancholic guy and i dont think that shit changes overnight . but anyways the whole journey was pure . both the characters . for dante i have no solid opinions of him as of now as my mind is filled with ari because we got his insights more than dante but had we got both their prospects ,that would have been interesting. really . now talking about the relationship ari and dante had, it was so honest throughout! and i love that and i cant think of any other way. yeah. still contemplating on weather you should buy it or not? do yourself a favour and read this and own this book.

“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.” How do I begin to describe the beautiful, out-of-this-world experience this book gave me ? I dont think my inadequate words can ever come close to describing the surreal experience this book gave me. “I renamed myself Ari. If I switched the letter, my name was Air. I thought it might be a great thing to be the air. I could be something and nothing at the same time. I could be necessary and also invisible. Everyone would need me and no one would be able to see me.” Ari was like a reflection of me. His thoughts, his anger at the world and his inexplicable melancholy and sadness was so reminiscent of all my feelings when I was going through the transformation of becoming an adult. Dante was also a sweetheart but it was Ari who truly stole my heart. “Everyone was always becoming someone else.” The story set in the 80s is more of a gentle summer rain than a thunderstorm of action packed plot. It is more character driven than based on any plot specific lines. It takes us through the amazing journey of self discovery that Ari and Dante go through in their metamorphosis to adulthood. “Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry? Why do we cry when we see a painting? Why is there a riot in the heart when we love? Why do we feel shame? What is that thing in the pit of your stomach called desire?” The beautiful ties of friendship and family love portrayed in this book will make us wistful for something similar in life. This was in one word, a true masterpiece of brilliant characters and excellent literary prose. "Senior year. And then life. Maybe that's the way it worked. High school was just a prologue to the real novel. Everybody got to write you -- but when you graduated, you got to write yourself. At graduation you got to collect your teacher's pens and your parents' pens and you got your own pen. And you could do all the writing. Yeah. Wouldn't that be sweet?” So if are you unsure of your place in this world, the meaning of life or if you are just plain lost, this is a book that will help you write your own story to show the universe.

Have you ever fell in love? Have you got scared to express your love for someone? Are you afraid of the society, when it comes to the terms and conditions of approving love? I was attracted towards this book by its cover itself, indeed such a beautiful design. Then of course the name of the book. At first I thought (like many of you) this might be the story of real Aristotle ( the Greek philosopher ). But this book is about two best friends, Aristotle and Dante, both 15 years old. Now what's this Universe? Mmm, read and find out. The story is explained on behalf of Ari. Beginning from their first meet up, to their friendship and finally to love. They both are entirely opposites except they didn't have enough friends or in short no best friend. The author has explained so authentically the thinking process, experiences, problems, insecurities, flaws everything a fifteen years old boy would have. I must appreciate that. Also there is no barriers in true love. Love being the purest thing in the world, we may fall in love with anyone. Gender, age, nationality, family background, anything can't defame true love. Love is a personal decision, we must accept that first. Even if two men are in love, it's not gonna affect me or you, it's their decision, then why this society is not ready to accept them, the way they are? What surprised me the most is Ari and Dante's families, especially Ari's mother. The support and love. They knew their children, what's in their mind even without asking. The book is written in a very simple language. for me it was a light read, even though somewhere I felt a little lag! Beginners also can go for this book. For me it was a 🌟🌟🌟🌟 read.

Set in El Paso, Texas during the 1980s, Benjamin Alire Sáenz narrates this beautiful and warm story of Aristotle and Dante in short lyrical chapters, as they grow up discovering the secrets of their own body. Ari is angry and shy while Dante is more of an extrovert. Ari is always mesmerized by Dante's unusual way of looking at the world. As they spend days together, they discover things about each other and about themselves. There's hope, there's guilt, there's pain and there's love. I am not giving away the plot but by the end, you sure would want to hug them both and tell them "Things are fine now". You'll love them over and over again. How can a story be this beautiful? It left me awestruck for a good minute when I read the ending. The bond between Ari and his father was so wounded and so broken but the way they learnt about each other's secrets and realised that both of them are fighting their own war is so beautifully portrayed in the book. Ari's parents were lovable but they didn't know how to show their love towards Ari. At last when they "talked", like really talked, my heart just melted into a puddle. Ari and Dante are so adorable, funny, humorous and oh-so-lovable. Every horrific accident, every funny moment and every awkward conversation they had will only make you love them more and more. But yeah, together they discover the secrets of their own body and what can be more amazing than the fact that Ari's parents were the one to make him realise about it. The short lyrical chapters gives that extra essence to the intrinsic nature of the book. The language is lucid, the pace is good, the dialogues have a poetic touch and are pitch-perfect. I cannot find something which I did not like about the book. I don't think I can ever stop recommending this book to anyone.

The story is about self-discovery and the special bond between Aristotle and Dante, and how they form a bond that will teach them important truths of life and define the people they want to be. They go through many experiences together and through the experiences they form a strong friendship. Both believe themselves to be outcasts and isolated. They find a safe haven in each other. They are very different from one another but at the same time they love each other. The story also deals with their struggle with their culture, with their identity as Mexicans as well as Americans. How each of them deal with the changes in their own ways. The most beautiful thing about the book is definitely the family bond that each character have. The family is there to always support the boys but at the same time they all have their own traumas that they need to overcome. They learn to forgive their parents for their mistakes but at the same time they never stopped loving and appreciating the things they do for them. The only thing that I can complain about is the condition of the book. I don't know if I got an original copy or if it's a pirated copy because I have never had this problem before. Amazon needs to better check all the books that they sell because this is unacceptable. Otherwise I love the story and I cannot wait to read the next one I have already placed an order for it and I am pretty sure I will end up reading all the books by the author.

Ok, here’s the thing. I was supposed to talk about how I was struggling to connect to both Ari and Dante in this book. I was supposed to be talking about how much I am disappointed by yet another overhyped book. I was supposed to be ranting about my frustration on where the narrative of this book was heading, Until! Until I read the last 100 pages of this book. Until I fell in love with Dante’s innocence and Ari’s stubbornness. Until I was delighted with the climax of this book. This probably is the first time where I hated a book so much while reading, only to fall in love with it at the end. I will not call this book an exceptional read, even when I was captivated by its narration from the beginning. Because the exact narration itself was a problem to me as it felt a little directionless. I might as well admit that the problem was also with me, because I started this book with sky-high expectations, as I never came across one single negative review on this book over the past year it was on Instagram. And when I was actually reading this book, I saw a couple of not-so-good reviews on this book in a single day! Talk about the irony of life! Telling that I loved this book would be a lie. Telling that I didn’t like it would be incorrect too, because I actually liked it. In fact, I cried at the end. So, let me just rephrase it as ‘I just didn't really love this book, as much as I had thought I would.' Would I recommend this book to others? Sure, for the same thing called narration of this book, and for the fact that the author used Mexican boys instead of American!

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