(*my overall rating is a 4.8)

the poet x was an amazingly written and amazingly told story about the struggles of falling out of a religion and having family problems.

i personally thought that, since the book was written in slam poetry, it wouldn’t tell the story correctly, or i wouldn’t want to continue with the story, but this was honestly one of my favorite writing styles of all time. i’ve even taken to writing slam poetry of my own.

i am personally a Catholic so reading about Xiomara’s falling out with the church was hard for me to read. but i understand. religion is not for everyone, some people just don’t believe.

i can relate so much with Xiomara’s struggles of growing up, and crushes, and boys and stuff like that. i felt very heard by Xiomara.

the poetry aspect was the best!!!

the only reason this didn’t get a full on five out of five stars was because, although i loved twin’s relationship with his boyfriend, i felt like it was kind of...queerbaiting? it was kind of just a side piece, which i didn’t think it was supposed to be, but it felt like it.

all in all an extremely good story!

-rebe