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A review by isabelbrieler
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
5.0
Acevedo is a master. There's nothing else to say about it. Yeah, I gave The Poet X a four star rating but that was genuinely entirely because verse novels aren't really my thing and also a little bit because I was hurrying through it because it was due back at the library. But that's neither here nor there.
Emoni was so, so relatable. Feeling pulled in a million directions and not even knowing how to feel because there's stress coming at you from all of them? Man, does that encapsulate how I've been feeling the past few months.
For me, I think I usually know I love a book when it makes me cry -- sometimes because it's sad, but sometimes, like this one, because it's hopeful. Because I'm so enthralled that when something good happens, I get overwhelmed.
Emoni was so, so relatable. Feeling pulled in a million directions and not even knowing how to feel because there's stress coming at you from all of them? Man, does that encapsulate how I've been feeling the past few months.
For me, I think I usually know I love a book when it makes me cry -- sometimes because it's sad, but sometimes, like this one, because it's hopeful. Because I'm so enthralled that when something good happens, I get overwhelmed.