Their coming of age story is shown beautifully. Throughout the book, Aristotle and Dante are exposed and layered, continually growing more complex but also becoming more bare. I never felt like I was a part of their world. I’d played basketball and baseball and done the Cub Scout thing, tried the Boy Scout thing – but I always kept my distance from the other boys. I’d never really been very close to other people. We experience the story from Ari’s perspective, from the first time he met Dante at his local swimming pool. 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 – Aristotle and Dante, the former a self-doubting silent guy, the latter an expressive, fair skinned swimmer. There are no overtly sentimental Nicholas Sparks plot twists, no super sexy erotica Fifty Shades of Grey style, not even an ardent declaration of love via Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It’s not dramatic at all, in the typical sense. Perhaps I’m making this book seem more dramatic than it actually is. At the end of the book, allow a single tear to run down your right cheek and say a silent prayer of thanks for the fact that you are able to read at all. Slam the book shut and whisper-scream oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Read past midnight, read in school, read everywhere and all the time. Fall in love with the writing, the characters, everything. Obtain a copy of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.ģ.
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