aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire sáenz
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completed : 28 march 2022 rating : 🌟🌟🌟🌟 tw⚠️ : alcohol, animal death, broken bones, car accident, death, depression, drug use, gay bashing, homophobia, hospitalization, ptsd, sexism, transphobic hate crime, violence
chapters : - age group : young adult genre : contemporary fiction
representation : poc, lgbt
summary : dante can swim. ari can't. dante is articulate and self-assured. ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. dante gets lost in poetry and art. ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. dante is fair skinned. ari's features are much darker. it seems that a boy like dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that ari has built around himself.
but against all odds, when ari and dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. but there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can ari and dante emerge stronger on the other side.
notes : i would recommend this over 'we both die at the end'.
review coming soon
quotes : ❝ i bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand ❞
❝ words were different when they lived inside of you ❞
❝ i got to thinking that poems were like people. some people you got right off the bat. some people you just didn't get--and never would get ❞
❝ to be careful with people and with words was a rare beautiful thing ❞
❝ maybe we just lived between hurting and healing ❞
