{"id":11737,"date":"2018-05-08T18:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11737"},"modified":"2018-05-08T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:03:36","slug":"the-inexplicable-logic-of-my-life-by-benjamin-alire-saenz-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/the-inexplicable-logic-of-my-life-by-benjamin-alire-saenz-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz (Book Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1465572387l\/23447923.jpg\" alt=\"The Inexplicable Logic of My Life\" width=\"267\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23447923-the-inexplicable-logic-of-my-life\">Add the book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Inexplicable-Logic-My-Life\/dp\/1471171035\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\">Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Young Adult,\u00a0Contemporary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:\u00a0<\/strong>Simon and Schuster (20 December 2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 464<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0Bought from Amazon<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Rating:\u00a0<\/strong>4<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->After reading Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe, I was extremely excited to read this book. I was not disappointed but I was surprised.<\/p>\n<p>This book follows the lives of Sal, a high-school senior, his gay dad Vincente and his best friends Sam and Fito. The thing about this book is that it doesn&#8217;t have a main plot. It mainly involves the relationships between these characters and their lives as individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Sal was a very interesting and relatable character. He was in his final year of high-school and he found himself confused, angry and questioning everything. His character was relatable as that is a phase a lot of us go through. I loved seeing his character develop throughout the book.<\/p>\n<p>Vincente was an absolutely amazing father and he reminded me so much of Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird. It was also very interesting to read about an LGBTQ parent.<\/p>\n<p>The author created each character brilliantly. The portrayal of a family bond in this book was absolutely beautiful especially a family that isn&#8217;t related by blood.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed something while reading this book as well as while reading Aristotle and Dante- the author using his character questions a lot of interesting things about life. I found this very fascinating because it makes us completely connect to the characters and makes them very relatable.<\/p>\n<p>I have read many books in this genre and while most of them were unique and remarkable, I feel that this book was very different from them all. This is not a very exciting book, It feels long and the story doesn&#8217;t have a particular direction. But it is certainly thought-provoking and kept me very engaged.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Find me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add the book on Goodreads Buy on Amazon Genre: Young Adult,\u00a0Contemporary Publisher:\u00a0Simon and Schuster (20 December 2017) Pages: 464 Format:\u00a0Paperback Source:\u00a0Bought from Amazon My Rating:\u00a04\u00a0stars<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/the-inexplicable-logic-of-my-life-by-benjamin-alire-saenz-book-review\/#more-11737\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz (Book Review)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[83,98,99,130,426,507,510],"class_list":["post-11737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-book-recommendations","tag-bookreview","tag-books","tag-contemporary","tag-t","tag-ya","tag-young-adult"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6634,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/21\/p-s-i-like-you-by-kasie-west-mini-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":11737,"position":0},"title":"P.S I Like You by Kasie West- Mini Book Review","date":"April 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Add this book on Goodreads Buy this book on Amazon Genre:\u00a0Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance My Rating: 4.5 stars Goodreads Synopsis Signed, sealed, delivered\u2026 While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. 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