

One thing I want to mention quickly is that there are a couple of triggers that are not disturbing. Aristotle And Dante made me so emotional.

It’s so impossible to overstate how important when we see those love stories being told across all mediums. I love reading Queer/LGBTQ+ romance, everything across the spectrum. 7 Books Like Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe (MM/Gay Romance Story) The way that the author treats his characters with such gentleness reminded me that I need to treat others that way and that I need to treat myself that way.

Such books like Aristotle And Dante inspire me to be a kinder person. The narrative holds cupped hands full of love and patiently waits for them to take it. I enjoyed the relationships between Aristotle and Dante and their parents. Many teenagers experience that when they start to move toward adulthood and see parents as people trying to understand them. Aristotle’s father struggles with PTSD because he was a marine in the war, which affects Arie in his relationship with his parents. But even more than a love story, this book surprised me with how much it was about family, being yourself, and being kind to others. So, it’s very much a coming-of-age story.Īristotle has trouble making friends, and he meets Dante, and their friendship develops. When the book starts, he is trying to figure himself out. He lives in El Paso, Texas, in the eighties, so it has a fun feel because it’s in the eighties. It’s a first-person book, so it’s written from his point of view. We followed two characters, but the main character, Arie Aristotle Mendoza, is a 15-year-old boy. Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz is a contemporary gay romance novel.
