Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

29 reviews

lorayne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Sexism, Stalking, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy

kitty_may12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

A beautifully written and unique tale of the intricacies of sisterhood. Told in verse, it’s poetic nature is profound and deeply moving. A rarity that I enjoyed from start to finish! and I can’t recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, and Xenophobia

snail_reading_on_a_mushroom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, Pedophilia, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Racism

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.0

 Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo was really challenging and moving. I really loved this book from cover to cover, from the format to the characters. Everything was so well developed, centralizing on such a horrible and tragic event. I loved how this book talked about family and dreams especially under the guise of grief. I loved the format of poetry in this novel, and I think Acevedo utilizes this format to pack even more of a punch (much like with The Poet X). Even though there aren’t a ton of words on the pages, the words chosen are powerful and meaningful. I love the way Acevedo takes complicated and complex issues and puts them into condense, meaningful stories. If you haven’t read anything by Acevedo I would highly recommend checking out one (or all) of her books, especially if you love stories that center around strong women of color. I’ve truly enjoyed everything I’ve ready by her so far, and I think you all will too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

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

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

ravenclaw_percabeth's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

sambashua's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Stalking, Infidelity, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

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

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia