Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

5 reviews

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

cocacolor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

I wasn't a huge fan of Acevedo's first novel in verse, which was about poetry itself, but freed from the conceit of poetry about poetry, her writing soars in CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. The descriptions of Puerto Plata are immersive, the characters are richly drawn and even characters like Papi, whose deception touches off the plot, and Wilson, who asks for money, are treated with compassion and love, and the difference of opportunity between two sisters living in different countries, with different citizenship papers, is stark. Some themes, like (trigger warning)

Yahaira's reaction to her assault and her sexuality

, are not explored as deeply as I would like, and it seems that Camino gets the bulk of the character development and change. But overall, this is a hugely moving, rich, and satisfying story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

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

malloryfitz's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Police brutality

valpuri's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infidelity, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Sexism, Police brutality, Cancer, and Adult/minor relationship