Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

"A greatly written book once again. Beautifully captures the themes of grief and growing up. 4/5 ⭐️"

"I love them so much I’m going to throw up "

"Lot of romance. I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if it was just Dante’s and Aristotle’s friendship but the sequel takes a complete different turn I didn't expect."

"This book, to say the least, was breathtaking. I didn’t think anything could top the first book, but this did. It made me smile, laugh, grimace, and sob. So wonderfully written. I will never stop recommending this!!!"

"4.5⭐️<br/>I personally feel it’s better than book 1. There are faint remnants of book 1 where there would be repetitiveness but I didn’t find it all that bothering. However sometimes it would be annoying. <br/>This book is beautiful and I dived in quite nicely into the book. There would be a lot of thinking and question from Ari but I think maybe it’s on purpose because I mean, his name IS Aristotle. So there would be a lot of questions about a lot of things. <br/>Sometimes though it felt like it was dragging and I was going into slumber but it was good enough that my short attention span didn’t activate for most times reading it. <br/><br/>Anyways, good book!"

"why does this exist? "

"Loved it. "

"“I think every parent has some moments where they say to themselves,<i>if I could take my child’s pain away and make it mine, I would make it mine.</i> But I have no right to take your pain away, because it’s yours” <br/><br/>Finished this book on the dawning of my 18th birthday! I find this to be so fitting, because of the many things that I find this book to be about.<br/><br/>When I read this book, there were several topics able to be conveyed into several messages and themes to the readers: Grief and Loss, Self-Discovery, Love and Compassion, Race and Identity, and one of the most obvious ones being sexuality. The topic that stood out to me most, however, was healing. <br/><br/>Aristotle, and all the characters in this book, experience pain in one way or another. Pain is universal- it’s what makes us human. We all hurt, and we all need to learn how to heal from this pain. This Bildungsroman of sorts has Ari growing up learning to heal from pain, despite the repetitive painful experiences that he deals with. But he also learns that those around him suffer, and he can help them heal, and he can allow them to help him heal. <br/><br/>I’ll always be coming back to this book, because I felt myself healing and I felt like I was rediscovering myself page by page, word by word of this book. I loved the first book; I felt as if the first book were an imperfect perfection. I somehow loved this book even more. But I learned a lot from this book, about the universe and myself. I’m grateful to the author, and I’m grateful to Aristotle and Dante. We’re all still growing.<br/><br/>More specifics on things I enjoyed:<br/>~Ari’s personal growth throughout the book<br/>~The collection of short scenes (I feel like people usually don’t like this, and i typically don’t. The book does feel like a montage at times, but somehow, it works for me. I think it’s because this sort of structure makes it feel like Ari’s diary or journal, thus making the story more personal and connected to Ari, the narrator)<br/>~Love is awkward. Talking about your emotions is awkward. I’m glad this book can convey that. <br/>~I just think the writing in this book is very beautiful. I did find the style of writing to be quite different from the first book, but i didn’t mind that at all. <br/>~Ari is the protagonist, but there’s lots of subplots about other characters (friends, family, etc.). Ari comes to love or hate many of them, but through all of them Ari learns many valuable lessons. I think it helps him realize that he’s not the only person who feels emotions, who has needs and wants. Obviously he knows this, but sometimes it takes a moment to realize that (almost) everyone you meet is a person doing their best, trying their hardest, and just trying to make it through.<br/><br/>“Sometimes you did discover all the secrets of the universe in someone else’s hand. Sometimes that hand belonged to your father”"

"The sequel is also a MASTERPIECE!"

"I've read the first book, but not this one yet. I'm hesitant to read it because I've heard many mixed things. Some people said it was great and others thought it was unnecessary and ruined the first book for them. What do you think?"