Aristotle and Dante ... is a sweet, unpretentious take on life and on what it means to be human. It made me wonder about the inner life of boys, something I've always believed was non-existent. I know it sounds a bit nasty to say that, but, growing up, I always thought boys had it easy. It lingered, I guess, as a force of habit, something I've never felt necessary to reassess. 
 I have to admit when I started reading Ari and Dante I was pissed that I had in my hands yet another book with first person narrator. Don't get me wrong, I think 1st person narration is awesome but it takes skills to pull it off. Thank God Benjamin got skillz. The result is Aristotle, one of those characters that you inescapably fall in love with. He's a guy who sticks around on the edges of emotion and memory and comes back every once in a while to remind you of sweet melancholy. 
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