Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

It is a book that focuses on the existential doubts of a Mexican-American teenager named Aristotle Mendoza, who is an introvert and shy guy and Dante Quintana, the same age of Aristotle, but very different personalities, but that does not prevent them to begin a beautiful and amazing friendship, which will overcome all the difficulties that are to pass through them. Unlike Aristotle, Dante is a transparent, sensitive, social boy who knows to express themselves, that it possesses the talent of drawing. Both are known during holidays, in a pool called "Memorial Park", where Ari resorts much, since he can’t swim. While Dante once approached him, offering swimming lessons. This is how he begins his friendship and is going stronger to the passing of the days, where then come together to play, walk, or reflect on their lives. Even they had routine get on buses and create small stories about passengers that were, until the end of the road.

It's about how Ari and Dante find themselves on a long road that they could not have gone through without the help they gave each other and their family. 

“How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?” 

This book is one of my favorite books I’ve been read, because the friendship of Dante and Ari is one of the most pure and sincere friendships that I have read in some book. The story of how to grow the characters and in each chapter is amazing and catching. 

I did not expect it to cover the LGBT issue at all, but regardless of the fact that it is about two homosexual people, I think it was about how difficult and painful is the way to find your true self and how the family is very supportive when you have it. .

“I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess I was a mystery even to myself.”