Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Paperback – 1 January 2021

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.

how beautiful love is! How so precious! How fragile a life is! How so necessary to hold not just one’s own, but also others’ life dearly! This is such a tender piece to read, to revive a dead heart! Im still stuck in the line, “Maybe we just lived btw hurting and healing.” I may be hurting, but Sáenz w his ink has reached into me and comforted me! ❤️

“The problem with my life is that it's someone else's idea"I was apprehensive about reading this one, its a book that many consider as one of their best reads. And as praises and hype for a book go, they heighten your expectations. Well, thankfully this one deserved every bit of that praise.Throughout this book myriad thoughts crossed my mind, a dozen different feelings and emotions overwhelmed me, however, at the end all I was left with were tears of joy and the overpowering thought that this book got over too soon, that I had not savored it enough (a reader's quandary!).Set in the '80s, this book is about two Mexican - American boys, Aristotle and Dante, who could not be more different than one another. Aristotle, an angry and borderline reclusive teen, has a tragic vision of life. The world and its inhabitants are a mystery to him and, he, a mystery to them. On the other hand, Dante is a funny, sentimental, wears-his-heart-on-a-sleeve kind of a guy, who is more comfortable in his skin. A chance encounter, the significant differences in their personalities, and unique perspective towards life (and things in general) is what leads them to become the best of friends and together they embark on a journey to find their place in this unfathomable world.It's true how most of us humans carry an invisible load and are fighting private wars. This book is a reflection of how some of us choose to hide it by wearing a mask of silence and create a private hell inside our head, unconsciously hurting not only ourselves but also our loved ones.The writing was feather-light and lyrical. Certain analogies drawn by the author were swoon-worthy. “I thought it might be a great thing to be 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”. Here’s another one - “He smoked his cigarette. I drove. I didn't mind the silence and the desert and the cloudless sky. What did words matter to a desert?”The thing I extremely loved about the book was the characters. Each of them was fleshed out, distinct, flawed yet extremely relatable. The feelings and emotions of these characters were presented in the most subtle manner yet with every word one could feel the heaviness of it. I really enjoyed reading Aristotle and Dante’s snarky remarks and the letter they exchanged. They were some characters!The only thing this book lacked was Dante’s point of view. I really wanted to get inside his head. A dual perspective would have made this book a 5 star read for me.My rating - 4/5