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4.45 AVERAGE
4.45 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Davvero carino.
La storia di una ragazza di origini dominicane nella New York attuale, tra la religiosità estrema della madre, le tradizioni e le aspettative che pesano come macigni su X e sul gemello Xavier.
X è una ragazza procace, e perciò etichettata male da compagni e passanti, repressa dalla madre che la vorrebbe suora come a lei non è riuscito. Messa in un angolo e in ombra, costretta al silenzio e alla religione. Ma lei non è così.
X è una guerriera, non crede nella religione, cerca l'amore (come è sacrosanto alla sua età) e si difende a pugni, ha la lingua tagliente e nel suo animo c'è solo la poesia, anche se ancora non lo sa.
Una storia narrata attraverso le sue poesie, che ripercorre per certi versi la storia dell'autrice.
Una lettura rapida, leggera e piacevole.
La storia di una ragazza di origini dominicane nella New York attuale, tra la religiosità estrema della madre, le tradizioni e le aspettative che pesano come macigni su X e sul gemello Xavier.
X è una ragazza procace, e perciò etichettata male da compagni e passanti, repressa dalla madre che la vorrebbe suora come a lei non è riuscito. Messa in un angolo e in ombra, costretta al silenzio e alla religione. Ma lei non è così.
X è una guerriera, non crede nella religione, cerca l'amore (come è sacrosanto alla sua età) e si difende a pugni, ha la lingua tagliente e nel suo animo c'è solo la poesia, anche se ancora non lo sa.
Una storia narrata attraverso le sue poesie, che ripercorre per certi versi la storia dell'autrice.
Una lettura rapida, leggera e piacevole.
A really lovely book made even better by having the author read it via audiobook. Nice spin on a coming of age story told through poetry and lyricism
emotional
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
My mom gave this to me to read while we were waiting in the hospital as it’s part of the summer reading for freshmen at the school she works at. I felt like it was very true to the teen experience and it was interesting reading a modern narrative book written in poetry
I loved it so much, although i think the ending is a little unrealistic i literally dont care
I knew nothing about this going in, but I SUPER recommend the audiobook narrated by the author
This book cracked me open, and that hurt. I actually listened to it on Audible, and Ms. Acevedo is the reader for the Audible version, so her voice created a lot more depth to the poetic narrative. This made the story feel authentic and current, like one of my English students could have written it. Authentic and real can be very difficult to swallow though. The raw feelings the main character expresses through the slam poetry kept getting stuck in my throat. It made me remember how it feels to be a young woman with very little control of her life and a domineering mother. The book portrays a very different life than I have lived. The abrasive language and situations were challenging to push through, just like they were for the main character X, but I was determined to understand. I kept listening and daring myself to examine her experience, and the ending was worth the uncomfortable feelings that fell out through the cracks the story created in me.
Overall I liked it, but I just couldn’t connect to the story and characters, maybe it’s because of the format, since I don’t usually read poetry...
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Complicated
Not me weeping on the street every time I listened to this while walking the dog…
This was... amazing! And UNIQUE! So wholesome and moving and beautiful and how ironic to read a book that is all about words and their beauty and then not being able to find any to describe it.
I can barely remember the last time I read a whole book in one sitting, but I'm sure I'll remember this one.
I can barely remember the last time I read a whole book in one sitting, but I'm sure I'll remember this one.