Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

4 reviews

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

While predictable in some ways, this novel in verse tells the story of an imperfect man full of love for the women in his life, regardless how complex his love makes his life. The story is beautiful, the characters are strong and formidable, and the ending is exactly how it should be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Classism, Pregnancy, Stalking, Misogyny, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

imaginingly's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

this was such a good read. i’ve never read a poetry book before but i loved this so much. i loved the different POVs between the 2 main characters and how the story gave insights to their minds while the plot continued on
the lgbtqia+ representation also made me cry 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

chl0b1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting and Homophobia