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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

27 reviews

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.75

Lyrical in its presentation of the two families a patriarch leaves behind, Clap When You Land feels like it could go deeper into its lead girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Death and Violence

cocacolor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

I wasn't a huge fan of Acevedo's first novel in verse, which was about poetry itself, but freed from the conceit of poetry about poetry, her writing soars in CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. The descriptions of Puerto Plata are immersive, the characters are richly drawn and even characters like Papi, whose deception touches off the plot, and Wilson, who asks for money, are treated with compassion and love, and the difference of opportunity between two sisters living in different countries, with different citizenship papers, is stark. Some themes, like (trigger warning)

Yahaira's reaction to her assault and her sexuality

, are not explored as deeply as I would like, and it seems that Camino gets the bulk of the character development and change. But overall, this is a hugely moving, rich, and satisfying story.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

mommarex1221's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Impactful, eye-opening, heart felt - this story of 2 sisters who find out the other exists upon the death of their father. I stepped out of my comfort zone with this one, as poetry and novel-in-verse is not something I read often and because the author voiced one of the MCs - I opted for the audio book. It was beautiful to listen to and I'm happy to have chosen how I did. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Medical content

koreanlinda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Violence

bookishcb_21's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another good book in verse and the narration for it was spot on! I can’t wait to read more by Acevedo 💜

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Rape

cyrinw98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Grief

lilacsophie's review

emotional sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Rape, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Vomit

plane crash, premature baby, homebirth,

this_savage_pageturner's review

emotional funny informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Violence

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

This was great. It's the second verse novel I've read as an audiobook and it's definitely the best format for me. I really enjoyed Elizabeth Acevedo's writing and I think I would have struggled with getting the rhythm right if I'd read it physically. Acevedo narrates it herself alongside Melania-Luisa Marte and I thought they were brilliant. I often really like books with dual narratives and thought it worked really well here. I felt connected to both main characters and loved the way it dealt with complex family dynamics. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

elisabethjoe's review

dark emotional reflective 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Minor: Violence and Terminal illness