Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

135 reviews

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

roaringmamalion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A quick and engaging novel in verse about two teen girls who lose their father in a plane crash as he returns to the Dominican Republic for the summer - only…they don’t know that he’s father to both of them. Told from alternating perspectives the young women wrestle with grief, the pain of learning the truth, and how their dreams can possibly move forward now. The crash was real - shortly after 9/11 - but the mention and use of social media threw me for a loop, as that wasn’t in consistent use on 2001. Other than the anachronism, the book is lyrical and beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

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

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.

tinyjude's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Inspired by true events, the story follows two sisters who live completely different lives and dont know of each other's existence until the death of their mutual father. It is a book about grief, anger, resentment, love, fear and dreams that deals with heavy topics. It also highlights the difference between the living conditions and prospects of both sisters (the privilege of one, the poverty of the other, the struggles of both, their vulnerability when it comes to disgusting men, but also their strength and need for each other).

It was beautiful. I was surprised by the way it was presented (in verse) and I loved every second of Camino explaining and being proud of their traditions, her Tía, etc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Stalking

Moderate: Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Classism, Trafficking, and Infidelity

kalzeb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Lesbophobia

eib_21's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

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

Minor: Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Racism, and Homophobia

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

This was a hard read for me. I think it’s important and we always need more diversity in the world. But it was hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Stalking