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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

18 reviews

midnightlibrary5's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Domestic abuse

espressoreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Christianity details - confirmation, confessions, homophobia, mass, etc.

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.0

Stunning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Cursing, Child abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

5 Stars
CAWPILE = 9.04

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

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

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Holy shit this book is absolutely beyond beautiful 
I listened to it and read it at the same time which made the experience so much more amazing and I’m so glad I did it that way
I feel like I’ll be thinking about this book for the foreseeable future cause holy shit 
And it’s so so clear that the narrator for the audiobook is ver familiar with the culture and the story and everything so it makes a lot of sense that it seems to be Elizabeth Acavedo narrating it which adds so much - just amazing overall

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Body shaming

corabookworm's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

As always, this is one of my favorite books. Elizabeth Acevedo is an amazing poet and reader, and this audiobook is literally fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Cursing, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

nfarrell24's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

An incredible read. I don’t typically love poetry style writing, but this was easy to read even for non-poets, and the story was amazing. It’s a relatively quick read, highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment