A review by siebensommer
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Swimming might be the closest to flying
a human being can get. There is something
about your body displacing water

in order to propel through space that makes you feel
Godtouched. That makes me understand evolution,
that we really must have crawled up from the sea.

My life's passions
are all about water breaking, new life making,
taking breath in wrinkled flesh
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