Reviews

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

mariie_al's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I didn’t know anything about this book when I picked it up, and I was quite shocked when I saw the writing style but it ended up being such a good read! 

beteboe's review against another edition

3.0

I only started to get it while I was at 50%. It was written so beautiful tho and I just know my Domenican friend is gonna LOVE it

mikymar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

meganriceweber's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting novel, makes your think about people and relationships. 

dduncan1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I surprisingly liked this book

joshua_mcgrath's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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? No

3.75

The book is a very well written emotional story about two sisters discovering one another after the death of their father.

I truly enjoyed the story, but felt as though the pacing was incredibly slow. This gave the author the ability to deeply explain and develop each character, but may have left some readers losing interest in the characters’ lengthy internal monologues. It is a matter of personal taste, and the book overall was great.

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.

bookishnerdyandcurious's review against another edition

5.0

This was a 6 star book, if we were giving more than 5 stars. The only other book to earn that accolade so far this year? Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire on High. I listened to this one via audiobook and the experience was just incredible. The book is written in verse, which, while interesting to read on the page, begs to be read aloud. I have the hardcover of this and originally started to read it, but something just kept me wanting to read it aloud and I knew I'd do it no justice, so I checked out the audiobook from the library. The author does the most fantastic job of embodying these two teenagers, who are going through the same grief in their own ways while also learning to deal with their father's duplicity - finally finding out about his other family and piecing together how they feel about that and each other. I listened in two chunks and by the time I was done, I was tearing up. All. The. Damn. Feels.

audreyxwg's review against another edition

5.0

heartfelt and beautiful

elikprug's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75