Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
For some reason I thought this was a roadtrip book...maybe because of the truck on the cover. But anyway...it's not! And once I got over my disappointment (I have a thing for roadtrip books) and confusion as to when they were going to get moving, I really enjoyed the book. It is about two boys who meet one summer at the local swimming pool. We follow their friendship over a year or so, as they discover who they are and come to terms with these discoveries. We follow Aristotle, or Ari, as he builds this new friendship with Dante and explores his own feelings and thoughts on the cusp of adulthood. It is a moving and tender book, that has won a whole slew of awards, but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would based on the hype on Youtube. It was a little slow-going for me, especially in the beginning when I was still waiting for them to take off on a roadtrip. And that is all down to me and my random expectations as to the plot. But still, once I realized that this was n...