Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

495 reviews

leirarae's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

It is now weeks later that I write this review and I still think about this book! It made me feel just about every emotion. It made me reflect on my life and not many books make me do that because I like to escape. This was my first Elizabeth Acevedo book and her real and rawness sucked me in like a tornado in the night! 

I sympathized with Camino and Yahaira the entire book. Their bond that kept growing warmed my heart. They lost their hero and dealt with the secrets and pain far better than the adults. I wished things happened differently but this book reminded me that everything isn’t glitter and gold.It also taught me life is full of heartache and loss but, there is love in unexpected places and you can choose to do things differently despite the cards you are dealt. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Trafficking

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

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 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

lay_kone's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, and Sexual harassment

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

urfavzarah's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy