mageofmip@books.solarpunk.moe reviewed The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Review of 'The Poet X' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
3.5*
361 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers.
The Poet X
4 stars
(18 reviews)
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
Kibrika reviewed The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Review of 'The Poet X' on 'Goodreads'
Wow.
I thought I was tired of books about teenage problems, that I had outgrown them. This book though. My teenage years were never instantly falling in love with gorgeous boys. They were uncomfortable, confusing and with some misinformation about tampon use.
Xiomara goes through so much more than I ever did, at least that's how it feels now to me. But the way her story flows in the words and voice of Elizabeth just gripped me and didn't quite let me go.
I picked it up because it was mentioned in context with poetry and spoken word. I was not disappointed.
It didn't suck.
Subjects
- Poets
- Schools
- Self-esteem
- Adolescence
- Interpersonal relations
- Fiction