Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

14 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.

alexsian29's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

I kind of wish that there was more. I think I wanted more emotion, or at least more of an explanation for the character’s emotions. I know that’s not exactly how emotion works, but I ended the book feeling like there was something missing from the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny and Pedophilia

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

annabellely's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i haven't ever read a novel fully in poetry and i really thoroughly enjoyed this. i wasn't sure what i was getting into when i first started the book but i found the content and non white representation well done. getting to see Camino and Yahaira's connection was really genuine too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia and Stalking

chl0b1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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

Minor: Homophobia and Gaslighting

malloryfitz's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

nofy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

lilacsophie's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Medical content, and Trafficking

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Car accident

plane crash, premature baby, homebirth,