A story about love, heartbreak, family, and acceptance, Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a story of realization–of discovering oneself, as well as one’s place in the world.
The novel follows Ari Mendoza, who is a bored Mexican-American teen with no friends, no hobbies, and an endless summer. And it isn’t until he meets Dante Quintana at the pool that he starts to look forward to things. An offer to teach Ari to swim blossoms into a beautiful friendship and the story chronicles the boys’ growth and love as they learn how to navigate through life and each other.
The writing is whimsical, and poetic as Sáenz writes about love and life and secrecy in a way that it sits with the reader for a lifetime. Ari’s simple narration provides a nice dichotomy to the philosophical writings and keeps the book from toeing the line of pretension. The story is beautiful and the characters have a brand of genuinity that is somewhat lacking in young-adult fiction.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is for the questioning and rejected–a love letter to those who need acceptance.
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