Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

80 reviews

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Classism

There is a scene in this book where a character is sexually assaulted on the subway.

there is also a character that constantly stalks and harasses another, and attempts to rape her.

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer and Trafficking

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Niin ihana tämä säeromaanien nousu nuortenkirjoihin! Maata jalkojen alle on hieno säeromaani, jonka pituutta ei kannata säikähtää. Ennalta-arvattavahan tämä on, mutta silti liikutuin lopussa kyllä erittäin vahvasti. Vähän queeria ja ahdistusta, paljon perhesuhteita ja sisaruutta, menetystä ja juurien tutkimista.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Vomit, and Pregnancy

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautiful. I loved the audiobook, as I did with The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo’s  reading of her own words is just so exquisite, vivid and just full of so much inflection and color. I didn’t love the other narrator in this quite as much as Acevedo herself, but I did really love that there were two voices to highlight and differently shape the two POVs here. Anyway - the writing itself is so incredibly beautiful, with such complexity and layering; and what an amazing thing to read a fictionalized version of this huge tragic event that so many of us don’t know about. As with The Poet X, I love the detailing and care that Acevedo gives to the very specific voice and perspective of teenage girls - just really rare and special.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

taleofabibliophile's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

maresuju's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Stalking and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

reemoony's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i went into this book not believing i would like it. i know what i enjoy and i stick with it religiously. reading this felt like learning to love reading all over again. learning to love my home, my family, my lungs. Elizabeth Acevedo has a gorgeous way with words and i will be reading her other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

mollyb13's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was a beautifully heartbreaking look at grief and dealing with the outing of long-kept family secrets. Camino and Yahaira were both such real and well-developed characters and I felt so deeply for them both. My only issue with this book was that I struggled a bit with the writing - I'm not used to reading in verse and this may have been smoother on audio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer

tawana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer