Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Poeta X by Elizabeth Acevedo

113 reviews

escaping_america's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Sexual content, Racism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

platoniciris's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was heavy to read with all the religion  but it was so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming and Homophobia

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Drug use, Death of parent, and Violence

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

madisone's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Sexual harassment

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am tearing up over here. Wow this hit home. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed with how much my own life was interwoven into this story and it’s really beautiful seeing comparisons in life experiences, fiction or not, because then we have visual proof we are not alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

amradio's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A decent enough book
I really enjoy poetry and books that use it in their style of writing so I was interested in reading this book
Definitely hard to read at points
A bag of mixed feelings for this book overall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Body shaming

spaghettii's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The way it's written as a poem was very relaxing 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug use, Sexual harassment, and Panic attacks/disorders

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia and Violence

meggs1005's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Classism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia