A review by atreegrowsinbooks
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

challenging 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

4.0

I enjoyed the prose. It flowed and was elegant and eloquent. I loved how strong Xiomara was although it was sad when the elements of sexism were brought up, especially when she questioned why she would get in trouble for not cleaning up but her brother wouldn’t. 

I felt like the ending wrapped up to cleanly. Surely if your mother
burned your journal of everything you’ve ever written
it would take much longer to resolve that. So otherwise enjoyed this book apart from the clean wrapped up ending. 
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