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reviewed Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, #2)

Benjamin Alire Sáenz: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (2021, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover …

Review of 'Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World' on 'Storygraph'

The Aristotle and Dante series is a story about love, apart from being a love story.

I loved this book so much. From the beginning I clocked it as a great work. I think it took me so long to finish it because I struggled to be in the right environment to emotionally take it all in; and also because I didn't want it to end :p.

I somehow enjoyed this one even more than the first one. It may be because I read this one in the original English while the first one was a translation. But--and this is pure speculation--I believe that the success of the first book may have freed Alire Sáenz's prose in a way, gave him licence to write as he pleased, so to speak. This book felt like an essay into the more poetical aspects of literary expression, a rejection of the cheap and …