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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

4 reviews

rorysreads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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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foreverinastory's review against another edition

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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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lucystolethesky's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5


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mariakureads's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I'm a fan of Acevedo's work, but there is a beauty in listening to her narrate her work, and in this case, along with Melania Luisa Marte, it was taken to another level.

 To hear both voices narrate the story of the two protagonists, who are worlds apart, yet closer than they could know, was fascinating. Each one brought out the emotion in each chapter, and with each character owning a chapter at a time, the story battled back and forth between the book, giving each one equal time and, in some cases, overlapping thoughts and words. And I do mean literally overlapping as Acevedo and Marte had stanzas in which they matched breathe and tone. 

The story did have a slow build-up, but once I got past that, it was such a quick read. I enjoyed how this book sounded more of a spoken-word piece due to the stanzas and how it was narrated and produced. 

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