Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

138 reviews

incigiru's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Infidelity

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

Damn 3/3 for Elizabeth Acavedo how tf is she so good
This might be my least favorite by a tiny bit of hers but I still absolutely loved it and it was so beautiful and well told and so sad but I still loved it 

---

Content Warnings

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

starklinqs's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

So I didn’t love the poetry format but that’s on me for not noticing that in the tags, so I didn’t knock it against it. Despite not loving the style, I adored the sisters and their bond with each other. I do think the plot got wrapped up rather quickly, however, and wished the story were a bit longer. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity

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

---

Content Warnings

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

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

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy and Terminal illness

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking and Vomit

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

Very emotional read and took me a long time to get through, but well worth it. Loved the plotline, prose, representation. Also loved all the strong woman characters. Deserves a reread one day.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Infidelity

carolined314's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Written in verse, this story explores grief, parental betrayal, infidelilty, and sisterhood. It stars two high school-aged girls who find out that they are sisters when their father dies in a plane crash. It centers people from the Dominican Republic.

---

Content Warnings

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

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.

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

nishana's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Pedophilia