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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
5.0

What an amazing read!

I picked this up from the library as I had seen it appear on my goodreads and had added it to investigate further... but wow.

I hadn't at first realised that the book was a novel entirely made up of poems!!! And once I did realise I was ecstatic. Poetry is very important to me, and especially this kind; that gritty, real, emotional and messy kind.

I loved the character. A well rounded, flawed, and real human who caught me instantly even though I have so little in common with her visually. I could tell from her poetry that we were kindred spirits. Which I another thing I love about poetry!!!

The book is a YA piece, focusing on the teenage life of X, whilst she deals with school, young love, faith and family (all the key aspects of a good YA journey of course).

I just can't manage to put all of my opinions on this book into words. It was truly a piece of art, I enjoyed reading every page and hoped it would never end. I have already order a copy for myself to annotate and re-read again and again.