Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Poeta X by Elizabeth Acevedo

119 reviews

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: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

brassnbooks'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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming and Homophobia

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

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

Minor: Homophobia

nitya's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Read for MLIS elective

Powerful and I love that it's in verse! Not sure how I feel about the ending and resolution (and the lack of development with certain characters). It was incomplete and half-assed; it could have been better imo. 

Content warning: misogyny/sexism, racism, sexual harassment, child abuse, religious themes, homophobia (not by main character), bullying, drug use (pot)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug use

lisa_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

This was beautiful. It is a story about a poet, told through poetry.

It is heartwarming, sweet, painful and so so relatable.

A feminist view into the life of a poc teenage girl who grows up in a very religious family.
The guilt of being different, of dealing with unfairness and ones own failures or short comings.

This is a coming of age story told so beautifully that I feel like I really know Xiomara now. I relate to her struggles and her pain. I was very close to tears throughout a large part of this book. 

It is very inspiring and I feel like everyone should read it. The target demographic is girls and woman and probably also poets but I believe everyone would be able to enjoy this book and take something away from it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Outing, and Sexual harassment

hannahryan08's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

minbyrnes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

I listened to this as an audiobook in one sitting and it was an amazing listening experience but it was so good that I wished I had a physical copy that I could read and annotate. 

Some quotes that really stood out to me that I had to pause the audiobook and write them down were: 

“And I think of all the things we could be if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.” 

and 

“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”

(I wrote these as I heard them so idk what they’re supposed to look like in the book, which is why I really want to purchase a physical copy). 

I really connected to Xiomara’s story and struggles and I love her so much. Her struggles with religion, the way other people perceive her, and being forced to act strong for her own sake and for the sake of her loved ones; I’m sure a lot of young girls can relate to her even if the situations aren’t exactly the same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse