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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
5.0
Steeped in culture, with two strong voices of blooming women who have to deal with world changing grief and a secret that might just be the thing to help them heal. There’s a poetry to the way the narrative flows that makes you want to curl up and let the raw emotion in this book overtake you.
I loved this story, this is the second book i have read from Elizabeth Acevedo and it definitely won’t be the last. Following the story of two girls from totally different worlds coming to terms with loosing their father and the secret he kept. The writing really hits you in the feels.
Yahaira i would say is the better off of the the two, still having her life with her mother in New York and her girlfriend. She still has options available to her. Where as Camino Rios a girl who will get what she wants no matter what, has more of a hard time with her Father passing, her life as she knows it may take a turn for the worst. They’re characters you root for and want to see have the life of their dreams.
Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.
This book delves in to loss and the discovery of not only the character but discovery of how things you think you’ve known all along can be challenged, can be wrong and can make your life unravel. That queens are made everyday through, tragedy, love, loss, family, friends and a will to go after everything you want.
The only downside i had was sometimes i got confused with narrative, the voices were just a little to similar. Sometimes i found myself looking for markers to make sure i knew who i was reading from. This took me out the story a little. Never the less, this book is amazing and you should definitely give it a try if you like a book that makes you feel.
Yahaira Rios and Dre are everything and i would read a whole book about them and how their future unfolds.
One day we were best friends, & the next day we were best friends who stared at each others mouths when we shared lip-gloss. (awwww)
I loved this story, this is the second book i have read from Elizabeth Acevedo and it definitely won’t be the last. Following the story of two girls from totally different worlds coming to terms with loosing their father and the secret he kept. The writing really hits you in the feels.
Yahaira i would say is the better off of the the two, still having her life with her mother in New York and her girlfriend. She still has options available to her. Where as Camino Rios a girl who will get what she wants no matter what, has more of a hard time with her Father passing, her life as she knows it may take a turn for the worst. They’re characters you root for and want to see have the life of their dreams.
Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.
This book delves in to loss and the discovery of not only the character but discovery of how things you think you’ve known all along can be challenged, can be wrong and can make your life unravel. That queens are made everyday through, tragedy, love, loss, family, friends and a will to go after everything you want.
The only downside i had was sometimes i got confused with narrative, the voices were just a little to similar. Sometimes i found myself looking for markers to make sure i knew who i was reading from. This took me out the story a little. Never the less, this book is amazing and you should definitely give it a try if you like a book that makes you feel.
Yahaira Rios and Dre are everything and i would read a whole book about them and how their future unfolds.
One day we were best friends, & the next day we were best friends who stared at each others mouths when we shared lip-gloss. (awwww)