rec: The Poet X

The Poet X (Audiobook)
by Elizabeth Acevedo (Author/Narrator)

I had to wait about 4 months for this book to become available through my library, and it was worth the wait.

This book was fabulous -- and listening to the audio version was intense. The whole thing is told with the energy of slam poetry and it feels so true and real, and covers a lot of topics that don't often get touched on because they might be uncomfortable or unpopular. The only thing that seemed the tiniest bit off-pitch was the ending. After the harshness experienced in the previous chapters, even getting to the point that the characters got to at the end seemed like a minor miracle. But it offered a lot of hope and healing, so I'm glad that was where it went.

I don't know about the paper version of the book, because I listened to the audio version, which is what I really recommend because it is so much about hearing the poetry spoken.