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The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo

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escapismforlife's review against another edition

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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lily_eames's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this book for school but honestly I thought it was amazing. I love the unique use of poetry mixed with prose. It’s a super fast read that tells the coming of age story of a young Afro Latina woman. The author portrays the struggle between church and sexuality beautifully. While some of the poetry is a little too close to prose for my taste, many of the poems took my breath away. A great read!

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emotional inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The writing style of this was really interesting and I loved how the story just flowed. This was enjoyable and at one point I even got emotional thinking about similar issues I had with my parents when I was Xiomara's age. This is a coming of age story worth reading and I'm glad that I read it. I'm even interested in reading more poetry because of this book. The author narrates the audio book and she did a fantastic job, I don't think anyone could have read her book better. 

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lindsayerin's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5


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readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75


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tinysierra's review against another edition

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Acevedo is a genius with words. I’ve heard the audiobook is the best way to consume The Poet X, so if you have the chance, I would check that out.

I first read The Poet X in 2019 and I remembered enjoying it, but it didn’t really stick in my mind how great it was. But wow, after rereading it, I am amazed again at how profound it was.

The Poet X is written in verse. It’s about a Dominican American girl named Xiomara. She’s struggling with spirituality, her relationships with the people around her, unwanted sexual attention, finding her voice. 
She pours her heart and soul out into her poetry. 

I just can’t get over how well written the poems are. The formatting really helps to portray the emotion, too.

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wanted to read this book as I'd seen so many good things about this author and I wanted to dive into her work, so I thought I would start with Poet X and it did not disappoint.  

This book is based on Xiomara Batista and she feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighbourhood. Ever since her body started to grow in curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers – especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her biology class who is called Aman, who her family can never know about. Her Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws o the church, so Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. But she gets invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend with Mami finding out, much less speak her private thoughts and feelings out loud. But still, she can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.  

I love this book. It's a brutal book, but I loved it. I wanted to protect Xiomara with my life. I wanted more, I wanted to see if Xiomara and Twin could break out of their mother’s clutches. I wanted to see Twin happy and Xiomara happy. This book is heavily based on religion and Xiomara rebelling against it (which is perfectly fine – what her mother did was not). I think the way this book is presented as a bunch of poems made it a very easy read. I felt like it was going to lose some of the storyline doing that, but it really didn’t. It managed to keep you intrigued and the storyline flowing.  

I don’t personally there is any weaknesses so to say about this book, I just think the ending was a little rushed, I would have loved to see the relationship with her and her mother grow if she wanted it to and to see her friendship develop with the Slam kids, but overall,  I thought it was an interesting read and I would love for another book to be made from Xavier’s point of view and see him find his way in the world.  

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dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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