Reviews tagging 'Death'

Maata jalkojen alle by Elizabeth Acevedo

204 reviews

yayokay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? No

4.0

elizabeth acevedo, are you okay? anyways, so good. the evocation of grieve is well written. i've noticed that with acevedo's books, the plot seems dragged on for a while; until it is resolved at the end. i would say that 75% into the book, the storyline seems repetitive for about 50 pages. after those fifty pages, i find myself excited to continue. this might be for suspense, or just something i've noticed.   

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Trafficking, and Stalking

ashley_1206's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

4.5-5⭐️

i’m stuck between these two ratings because the book was something i didn’t expect. like yes we learn about two daughters that found eachother but honestly this book was so much more.

this book was so heavy. and the writing style made it the book so easy to fly through but also gave it so much emotion. i’m in love with these characters bc i connected with them on so many levels.

being dominican, this book was such a huge representation for the community. and having family in DR, the story really portrayed everything it was so realistic that it hurt.

i love this book because of the representation, the characters, the story. just yes. (my favorite quotes belong on pages 323 and 416!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical content, and Sexual assault

jazminnnnnnn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Rape

wintermomof4's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Trafficking

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

Lyrical in its presentation of the two families a patriarch leaves behind, Clap When You Land feels like it could go deeper into its lead girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Death and Violence

aquaria127's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

hollymileham's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

such an emotional read and a really touching story, the writing was so good
just felt it tried a little hard at times and because of it having a unique writing style it did get a little repetitive at times
but a really good palette cleanser between fantasy reads which is very necessary for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

this is for caribeños only, y‘all don’t get it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Sexual harassment

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

It's always great to hear an audiobook read by the author, but Elizabeth Acevedo's books really shine in that format and I highly recommend it. Her and Melania-Luisa Marte were both such stunning narrators for this book and brought both main characters to life. So many of the reflections on grief resonated with me (and punched me in the gut). An amazing, amazing book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Death of parent