Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

134 reviews

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

I kind of wish that there was more. I think I wanted more emotion, or at least more of an explanation for the character’s emotions. I know that’s not exactly how emotion works, but I ended the book feeling like there was something missing from the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

chelle22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Stalking, Trafficking, Infidelity, Deadnaming, and Death of parent

pranjuli's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

Slow building in the first half - more indepth feelings for grief and character building; fast plot movement in the second half ( a bit too fast, maybe another 50-70 pages would have done wonders) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Infidelity

veskumelooni's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

lilacs_book_bower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

I sobbed my way through the last 40% of this book!  Two sisters lose their father, but they aren't even aware that the other exists, as the father has two families.  The sisters have to find out about each other, find each other, and deal with grief about losing their father and feeling betrayed by his lies while being in separate countries (NYC/USA and the Dominican Republic).  This novel is told in verse, and it read very fast due to that.  I enjoyed the peek into their different cultures and experiences.  While I do think the story ends the way it should and when it should, I do wish we would have had more time with the sisters together.  

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Content Warnings

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

lauraleecrifasi's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Infidelity

ilovetoreadsomuch1234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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? N/A

4.0

LOVVEEEEEDDD it and read it in a day. I love Elizabeth Acevedos books and that she writes them in verse. The characters were so alive 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Infidelity and Abandonment

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Trafficking, Child death, and Violence

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Beautiful writing and characters as always from Acevedo! This is another novel in verse from the author, with lyrical and rhythmic writing.

I loved the characters and their development. Clap When You Land does a great job depicting grief and family secrets! I think the pacing was well done, with the switching POVs of Yahaira and Camino giving us an insight into their daily lives after the crash.

Sometimes however the poetry got repetitive in a way that I thought “yes we get it you can stop repeating that word/phrase now” instead of the powerful impact it was maybe meant to have.

I also did have a harder time distinguishing the MCs as they sort of blended together at times. But I’m not sure if this was the characters themselves or because I was listening to the book rather than reading a physical copy.

Overall a moving and wonderful novel in verse! But my favorite of Acevedo’s is still With the Fire on High ☺️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity and Medical trauma

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Grief, and Sexual harassment