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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

7 reviews

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

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

books4bee's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Beautiful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, and Drug use

Poverty, Lack of medical care

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This was so good.

Rep: Dominican-American lesbian female MC, Dominican female MC, BIPOC sapphic female side character, Dominican and Dominican-American side characters.

CWs: Death of parent, sexual assault, grief, death, stalking, infidelity, sexual violence, sexual harassment, pregnancy & birth on page, sexism, violence, parental abandonment, plane crash (not on page but discussed), misogyny, racism, xenophobia. Moderate: medical content, cancer, cursing, pedophilia, rape, panic attack. Minor: Drug use, trafficking, vomit, police brutality, blood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Stalking, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, Vomit, Trafficking, and Blood

diammendes's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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: Death of parent, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Rape, Pregnancy, and Racism

plumpaperbacks's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Medical content, and Trafficking

emmeline's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug use