Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

491 reviews

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment

carlyoc's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

Inspired by the true event of a passenger plane travelling between New York City and the Dominican Republic that crash landed in 2001, killing everyone on board.
This book is told in verse from two fictional point of view characters, a teenage girl in DR and one in New York who both lost a father on that flight. Although Camino and Yahaira have had very different upbringings in different countries, their grief brings them together and they soon realize they have even more in common. 
Not my usual genre and definitely emotional, but glad I read it. I had no idea about this second-most deadly plane crash in American history that occurred just a few months after 9/11. And that is part of Acevedo's reason for writing about it. The event rocked the worlds of the Dominican community but hardly made a dent in the mainstream news cycle after initial concerns that it was another terrorist attack were debunked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault

Features attempted sexual assault that is stopped in time and traumatic groping on public transit.

asianadrienne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

zikeyag's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this story! This was a story of two teenage girls who lost their father but knew nothing of one another. It details their journey through the grief process and finding out that their father had secrets. It was heart wrenching . They eventually come together and connect as sisters. I was sad for it to end but joyful for their new beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

_ging's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

This book starts out alittle slow but the build is incredible. I also have never read a book in prose and wow this is strong one to start with. Not a gentle read but a powerful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Infidelity

Moderate: Death

Minor: Lesbophobia

kaelynmerrithew's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

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

mollyb13's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

This book was a beautifully heartbreaking look at grief and dealing with the outing of long-kept family secrets. Camino and Yahaira were both such real and well-developed characters and I felt so deeply for them both. My only issue with this book was that I struggled a bit with the writing - I'm not used to reading in verse and this may have been smoother on audio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer

annabelle_vlr's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

livelaughlesbian99's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Stalking, Abandonment, and Death of parent