Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

495 reviews

frida_epilogo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

rfish0615's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

shannahtan's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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? No

5.0

This book was so good and so sad. I started this on audiobook before I left for Taiwan then finished it on the plane. I wouldn’t recommend doing that since it involves a plane crash.

Yahaira and Camino Rios’ dad dies in a plane crash. They don’t know they’re sisters because their dad married two women. Yahaira and her mom live in NY, and Camino and her aunt live in the Dominican Republic. Camino’s mom died a decade ago, and her mom was actually friends with Yahaira’s mom previously.

This book does a good job of exploring grief. It’s YA, probably because the girls are in high school, but it definitely doesn’t feel young to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Pregnancy

kamiqr12's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

queeerlybeloved's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

god, i love books written in verse. and i LOVE elizabeth acevedo's writing. 

this book was devastating and emotional. i cannot imagine losing a parent, nor can i imagine finding out that said parent was hiding an entire second life, wife, and child. 

Camino and Yahaira were so valid in their grief and their grieving process. they felt so deeply and it was easy to feel along with them. i was so nervous for the girls to meet each other but i was so happy with how their relationship blossomed. my sisters are so important to me and i'm so glad that Camino and Yahaira were able to form a bond, even in spite of their grief and the knowledge that their father had two lives. 

i 100% recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

sarajuni's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

cor_luz's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Moderate: Trafficking

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I've heard praises for this book for a while and I totally see why. I went in not remembering much of what people have said other than It's great and about sisters who don't know about each other, so I assumed it was mostly about them meeting and so forth, but that is hardly the tip of the iceberg. So much more, this is about grief, family, and home. It really gets at parts of what it's like to love and grieve a complicated person. And it says some really beautiful things about family and community-- the importance of interdependence. There are also parts that deal with misogynistic violence, as well as poverty. It's, among many other things, a shining example of why YA as a genre shouldn't be underestimated. Incredible! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Vomit

There is a scene of childbirth and the possibility of the child dying

rosieryel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

really beautiful both in style and characters/story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

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.