Reviews tagging 'Death'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

204 reviews

leslie_c's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad

• 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: Pregnancy

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

Minor: Trafficking

jordanreads24's review

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: Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Death

Minor: Trafficking and Pregnancy

gwenswoons's review

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

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit

amybartoli29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

claire_leibovitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Vomit

rendezvousgirl'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment

bookstwokathryn's review against another edition

emotional 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: Death of parent and Death

_ging's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

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