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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

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meghanwilloughby's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

Books written by Elizabeth Acevedo just always blow me away! Her writing is one I never seem to care for going into it, but then once I get into the swing of things it gets so much more interesting. This book was unlike any other I have read with content and relationships among the characters. I always highly recommend Elizabeth Acevedo’s writing for those of you who want to get back into reading because it usually only takes me a few hours to read her novels-in-verse and they always have fantastic topics! I will be reading her first novel With the Fire on High soon enough if I can get through the many unread books on my shelf.

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plant_the_read's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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mandkips's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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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thereadingwells's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

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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plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is the second book I’ve read by Acevedo, and I’ll happily repeat countless others when I say that she’s an extremely talented writer. I also partially listened to the audiobook, and Acevedo is one of two narrators; I love listening to her narrate her work.

I think I like this one even more than The Poet X. Admittedly, for the first hundred pages or so, I struggled to differentiate between Camino and Yahaira and get invested in their story. But despite my rocky start, I ended up quite invested in both girls and the way their stories intertwined. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book quite like Clap When You Land, in that regard—one that writes sibling relationships in such a unique way, examines family secrets and love and how loss can lead to gain in unexpected ways.

Only when I started reading did I realize that Acevedo based this story off of a real tragedy, the AA587 plane crash in November 2001. That realization intensified the emotions within the pages, even though the novel is in verse. Sometimes such a method means detachment from what you’re reading, but not here. Yet another one of the author’s talents, honestly.

I’m tired (as I write this, it’s 2 a.m.) and I’m not sure how much sense I make, but I did quite enjoy this book. It wasn’t a favorite, but I’d recommend it regardless. I look forward to reading more from Elizabeth Acevedo, hopefully soon.

Representation

Afro-Dominican protagonist
Latinx protagonist
established sapphic romance
side characters of color

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snowhitereads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This year I’m finishing my reading adventure with a bang!

These last few books are killing me! And I love it!

Clap When You Land is a story about grief, humanity, strength, and growth.

The characters’ development was impeccable. Each one had their own personal struggles, aspirations and ideals but everyone was faced with betrayal by a man that they admired, adored, and loved.

One of my favorite aspects about this book is that one character identifies as queer and while she and her girlfriend are an integral part of the story, their queerness is simply a part of the larger story rather than the story itself, and I found that so refreshing. Being queer is more than your coming out story.

Another thing I would like to point out it’s the importance of the author’s note. Seriously, read it! The amount of research that Acevedo put into this tragic event and her ability to respectfully portray it in this book was amazing.

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