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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

221 reviews

lolasbooks12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

gracereallyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

shanaaa's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

midnightrubies's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

What a beautiful story of loss and grief. Reading the audiobook helped ne so much in overcoming my feelings of intimidation around verse in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

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

willowandbees'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Trafficking 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

monapearl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

This was a lovely book. It's a story that centers largely around grief and the experience of losing a parent. It also explores the impact of long-kept secrets that emerge from a close death, and whether or not some secrets can be forgiven, even after death. This is the story of two teenage sisters, one who lives in the Dominican Republic while the other lives in New York. They lead entirely different lives, unaware of each other's existence, sharing only their father. However, when their father dies in a plane crash, both girls are faced with the grief and consequences of their father's death, and ultimately, his deception.

I liked that the book is told in a beautiful, poetic style, though I wish I had listened to it as an audiobook rather than in print format, as I know the poetry would have been more impactful that way. It was interesting to see the cultural differences of the girls, and how grief hit them in separate ways, and how, when they inevitably learned about each other, they dealt with their father's secret. Ultimately, I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment

befthhh's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautifully written, heartbreaking story about the aftermath of a father's long-standing deception of his two daughters coming out. Acevedo's prose is so impactful. I loved hearing from both girl's perspective in their very different homes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

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