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Poetic feels

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

December 29, 2018 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a coming of age story written in poetic verse. Xiomara Batista attends Catholic high school and forced by her mom to attend catechism classes. Her mom has a very strict idea of what her daughter should be. Boys are definitely off limits. Thus, she pours all her teenage angst into her prized notebook. Also lots of feelings about her classmate named Aman. It’s only when she joins the poetry club does she begin to find her voice. Unfortunately, she […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: book club read, coming-of-age, elizabeth acevedo, latina author, Latinx, latinx author, latinx poetry, poetry, Teen Angst, the poet x

teresaelectro's CBR10 Review No:17 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: book club read, coming-of-age, elizabeth acevedo, latina author, Latinx, latinx author, latinx poetry, poetry, Teen Angst, the poet x ·
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Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are

May 7, 2018 by vel veeter 2 Comments

As a reader, I think a lot about endings. And this novel, though it doesn’t really deal expressly with this concept has an ending that I find pretty satisfying. I won’t mention it because you should just read. But maybe because we deal so much in movies and genre fiction, we’re uncomfortable a lot of times with books and movies that end when the story is done, but not really with a huge triumphant push at the end. So something like The Sopranos can seem […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: elizabeth acevedo, the poet x

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: elizabeth acevedo, the poet x ·
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