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sgyawriter 's review for:
The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
The way I bawled…! These contemporary YA stories keep hitting me right in the feels… these books that open a window into an experience that’s different from your own, but end up being a mirror reflecting and healing buried parts of your own story.
“Late into the night I write and
The pages of my notebook swell
From all the words I’ve pressed onto them.
It almost feels like
The more I bruise the page
The quicker something inside me heals.”
“I read the poems so often and edit so much
That I begin memorizing them by accident
Until my head is full of words and stories,
Until I’m practicing the poems in my dreams.
And the more I write the braver I become.”
The story was wonderful, even though the ending did feel a bit unrealistic by wrapping everything up too neatly. I loved how the characters were so fleshed out and all the main character’s thoughts and experiences were so immediate in the format of verse. Listening to the audiobook read by the author was a great experience, hearing the rhythm, emotion, and power of the words.
“Late into the night I write and
The pages of my notebook swell
From all the words I’ve pressed onto them.
It almost feels like
The more I bruise the page
The quicker something inside me heals.”
“I read the poems so often and edit so much
That I begin memorizing them by accident
Until my head is full of words and stories,
Until I’m practicing the poems in my dreams.
And the more I write the braver I become.”
The story was wonderful, even though the ending did feel a bit unrealistic by wrapping everything up too neatly. I loved how the characters were so fleshed out and all the main character’s thoughts and experiences were so immediate in the format of verse. Listening to the audiobook read by the author was a great experience, hearing the rhythm, emotion, and power of the words.