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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

138 reviews

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Sexual assault

books4bee's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Beautiful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, and Drug use

Poverty, Lack of medical care

dakarif's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness and Infidelity

ayzil's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

atamano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

danajoy's review against another edition

• 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: Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Medical content

clea'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? It's complicated

4.0

It is an impactful story with strong and relatable characters. I really loved that the story was told from two perspectives, it added a lot more depth to the characters and showed different sides of one experience. I was a bit disappointed by the writing... don't get me wrong: it is written quite beautifully and the small poignant metaphors and details made the story feel very real and human, but because it is written in verse, I expected the writing to be a lot more lyrical. Maybe it is because I listened to the audio book, so the verse format wasn't so obvious, but to me, it almost read like "normal" prose. But maybe that is the beauty of it? I just didn't expect it. 
Apart from that, it is a powerful story which explores difficult topics (like grief, identity, betrayal,...) in an accessible and nuanced way. Overall, it was a really touching story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Outing, and Cancer

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

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

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Elizabeth Acevedo is one of my favorite author’s, and this book didn’t disappoint.
“Clap When You Land” follows to sisters after their father died unexpectedly in a plane crash. The twist…neither knows the other exists. One grows up in the Dominican Republic, the other in New York. The only thing that ties them together is this secret and their grief.
I loved so many things about this book. The novel in verse was such a beautiful thing to read, and it was obvious that Acevedo is in her elements. Even if novel is writing centered, the character development and relationships formed are truly moving. “Clap When You Land” sheds light on the people which help us heal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer