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A review by tatyanavogt
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
5.0
2nd Read: If I could rate this higher than a 5 stars, I would. I LOVED it. I loved it more than the first time around. This is a favorite book of mine. It's beautiful to listen too and read along, the topics covered are emotional and impactful. I highly recommend this book.
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This was an absolutely beautiful book. I was recommended to listen to the audiobook and boy am I happy that I did. It's Narrated by The Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Melania-Luisa Marte and they did a beautiful job.
It's written in verse which I was admittedly worried about in the beginning but quickly forgot and was instead immersed in the story. Love, Loss, family, betrayal, this is a book with some very heavy topics and I think the author did an excellent job exploring them. It was an emotional rollercoaster for me and I highly recommend this book.
Spoiler thoughts:
In stories like this I am always so frustrated with the lack of communication between the different parties. The unnecessary betrayal, fear, misunderstandings, etc. That happen when people don't talk with one another. I find myself yelling at the book, TV show or movies "Just tell them already!" but unfortunately in life people are bad at communicating with each other.
I loved that one of the sisters is a lesbian who is in a happy and healthy relationship that her mother accepts. I loved that you heard the story from both girls. And I am so happy with the ending, I needed the ending to be what it was.
I was annoyed that the one sister didn't tell her aunt about the boy who was stalking her, that she kept going to the beach by herself knowing that he was keeping an eye on her, that he was following her, that he was bound to try and hurt her.
I was also annoyed that the other sister didn't talk to her father. Didn't tell him why she was hurt when she found out about the other wife.. Gosh I have so many friggin feelings. I'm glad that they hated and loved each other when they found out. Upset but still open to the opportunity of family. I'm glad that they fell into place so easily despite the issues and the jealousy that was between them.
I'm glad they took her with them.
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This was an absolutely beautiful book. I was recommended to listen to the audiobook and boy am I happy that I did. It's Narrated by The Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Melania-Luisa Marte and they did a beautiful job.
It's written in verse which I was admittedly worried about in the beginning but quickly forgot and was instead immersed in the story. Love, Loss, family, betrayal, this is a book with some very heavy topics and I think the author did an excellent job exploring them. It was an emotional rollercoaster for me and I highly recommend this book.
Spoiler thoughts:
Spoiler
In stories like this I am always so frustrated with the lack of communication between the different parties. The unnecessary betrayal, fear, misunderstandings, etc. That happen when people don't talk with one another. I find myself yelling at the book, TV show or movies "Just tell them already!" but unfortunately in life people are bad at communicating with each other.
I loved that one of the sisters is a lesbian who is in a happy and healthy relationship that her mother accepts. I loved that you heard the story from both girls. And I am so happy with the ending, I needed the ending to be what it was.
I was annoyed that the one sister didn't tell her aunt about the boy who was stalking her, that she kept going to the beach by herself knowing that he was keeping an eye on her, that he was following her, that he was bound to try and hurt her.
I was also annoyed that the other sister didn't talk to her father. Didn't tell him why she was hurt when she found out about the other wife.. Gosh I have so many friggin feelings. I'm glad that they hated and loved each other when they found out. Upset but still open to the opportunity of family. I'm glad that they fell into place so easily despite the issues and the jealousy that was between them.
I'm glad they took her with them.