Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

73 reviews

kaylabooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book gutted me. It is incredibly emotional, heart-wrenching, and brimming with complex feelings. 

And the writing is absolutely beautiful. Told in verse, the story uses language so wonderfully while remaining seamless to read. 

I just. Thoroughly loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Cancer, and Drug use

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, and Abandonment

camille_farrar's review against another edition

emotional 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

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

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Cancer, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mrsmonty503's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

4.5⭐️

This was a powerful and beautifully written story. 


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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Infidelity

prufrockpreptooth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad slow-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

3.75

Beau, bien écrit, touchant, mais malheureusement pour moi, j'ai été moins emporté que par d'autres ouvrages de l'autrice

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content and Cancer

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Racism, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Cancer

Plane crash, prostitution, poverty, illness, teen pregnancy, blackmail.

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual violence, Cancer, and Pedophilia

kingkiara's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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? No

3.75

I read this on audible in an attempt to read more stories from my island. The voice actor were pretty good although there was a little unneeded repeatition. Overall I enjoyed the book, it was told from two sides and you could really tell how different and yet similar they both were. I would have given it a higher rating if it wasn't for a few minor things that irritated me personally such as the way yahiras whole view of her father changed but i can also understand why it did. As well as the way Camino knew she was in danger and kept going to the beach. I understand it's not her fault that she was being harassed by El Zero and that was her place to destress but babe stop going there when you know he's out to get you and you don't have any protection anymore. Honestly though, I am excited to read some more works from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Cancer

rebekah_florence's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer

eve81's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer