Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

123 reviews

ollie_again's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

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

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

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

lucyshucy's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

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

classicpseudonym's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

wow. solid 5 stars, and deservingly so. going into this book as a person who isn't big on poetry, i was hooked almost immediately. xiomara's poems depicted her emotions and thoughts in their rawest state, which, in my opinion, separated this book from many others depicting the ups and downs of teenage life. additionally, xiomara's interactions with ms. galiano were especially meaningful (xiomara's english assignments, the poetry club), even though they were much rarer than interactions between xiomara and other characters. maybe i just like seeing people besides a kid's family and friends actually caring about and looking out for a kid when they have no real obligation to. anyway, the character development of xiomara and xavier's father was also a little thing i appreciated. lastly, i loved that i felt like not everything was resolved at the end of the book, because real life is pretty messy. and often, tensions aren't always healed completely. but as a family and as individuals, the batista family grew. this book was done very well, and the themes of self-acceptance were incorporated perfectly and not overdone. there's a lot of other tidbits (and not so small bits) that i took away from this read (but i'll save you from reading any more, if anyone ever reads this), and i highly, highly, highly recommend it. 

as a side note: i finished 'the poet x' in two sittings. i have not finished a book in two sittings in at least four years. please read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing