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Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo

14 reviews

imstephtacular's review

emotional informative inspiring

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

readandfindout's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 4 stars
Art: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Body shaming, and Racism

mfrisk's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is a stunning visual spoken word poem - highly recommend and this would be a great rod for kids and families as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

5.0

Some people tell me to
fix my hair.
And so many words
remain unspoken,
because all I can reply is,
you can't
fix what
was never
broken.

Elizabeth Acevedo continues to be one of my favorite modern poets/authors, and this visualization of one of her spoken word poems just further proved that fact. I loved the illustrations by Andrea Pippins, and the overall sentiment of self-love and being proud of your heritage. This poem really opened my eyes to how quickly we are to erase or hide what we deem as "imperfections" without embracing them as the qualities that make us unique and that represent our cultures and experiences. Very thought provoking and I definitely recommend listening along to it via the audiobook as it's narrated by Elizabeth herself.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

thebookpaiges's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Trafficking, and Slavery

Minor: Colonisation and Confinement

ari_angelus's review

challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

 Tw | Colorism & Anti-Blackness

This was way better the second time around. I didn't realize everything it addressed and all the self love in the book the first time around so I'm glad I read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

ashylibrarian's review

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

By popular young-adult author Elizabeth Acevedo, Inheritance: A Visual Poem presents readers with an incredible amount of reflection and introspection about the beauty and meaning of natural Black hair. Acevedo creates texture and movement with her written poetry while Andrea Pippins compliments those words with illustrations of full color blocks and popping artwork. This is a nonfiction masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Classism

betweentheshelves's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I mean, did we expect anything but perfection in an Elizabeth Acevdeo poem? Also, I highly recommend listening to Acevedo recite this poem while reading the book because it is a totally different experience. The way the illustrations, the size of the text, the formatting all fit her performance of it? Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

I'm okay with this trend of illustrating popular YA poets (see Jason Reynolds' Ain't Burned All the Bright from earlier this year). Especially if you take the time to listen and read at the same time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Confinement and Colonisation

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Colonisation, Racism, Confinement, and Slavery