Aristotle and Dante Pt. 3

The ending of Aristotle and Dante isn't surprising in some ways but it can also go in a direction you didn't expect. I was surprised by many of the things that happened when Dante came back from Chicago. There was a lot more tension between Ari and Dante and it seemed as if their friendship was breaking apart. There was also a lot of action that took place after Dante returned. Dante gets mugged, Ari and Dante smoke joints together, and Ari beating up Julian.
I didn't expect a lot of the action scenes that happened in the book. While some may be a little unrealistic they are written from a very realistic point of view. Ari beating up Julian is an example of this. He doesn't remember much and simply reacts to his rage. I also find Ari driving to the hospital to see Dante very realistic. He forgets everything that his brain deems as "unimportant" and doesn't remember anything until he is by Dante's bedside.
I was shocked that Ari never figured out that he was gay on his own. His parents had to tell him that he was gay and he still didn't accept it at first. I was very surprised that his parents noticed it considering he didn't follow most stereotypes of being gay. Ari never thought he was gay and always thought he was straight. Since the story is written from Ari's point of view, you can see that he never thought he was gay and wondered why he did what he did. That's one of the reasons why I was surprised with how the book ended up turning out with Ari and Dante getting together. My prediction that I made at the start of the book stating that at least one of the two main characters would be gay ended up being true.