Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo is a book that I was recommended and had seen masses of positive reviews for. The book focuses on the themes of grief and family and having never read anything by the author before, I decided to give it a go myself thought.
The use of prose is something I didn’t realise when I purchased the book and is not my preferred narrative style. However, it wasn’t too bad and was refreshing to read something written outside the usual narrative that I read. It felt appropriate for the topics covered in the book, adding to the emotional feel of the story, without using extensive layers of descriptions and text. On the whole, I didn’t love it and probably wouldn’t choose to read books in this style all the time.
I thought the use of both English and Spanish helped to add a layer of authenticity and heritage to the characters and allowed me to connect with them a little more, albeit limited. However, I did feel sometimes as a non-Spanish speaker that it got a little confusing, but that may just be me personally. The book covers a range of topics that are interesting, varied and really made me think about how the world around us impacts upon who we become. The fact that Acevedo based this on real life events just adds to the emotions within the book, making the story even stronger.
Whilst I found the concept and story to be interesting, I didn’t love it. I don’t know why, and I so badly wanted to connect with the characters more, but I just didn’t feel like I could. I think maybe it might be down to the narrative of the book as I don’t particularly like this, but I will give it another go in the future.
The use of prose is something I didn’t realise when I purchased the book and is not my preferred narrative style. However, it wasn’t too bad and was refreshing to read something written outside the usual narrative that I read. It felt appropriate for the topics covered in the book, adding to the emotional feel of the story, without using extensive layers of descriptions and text. On the whole, I didn’t love it and probably wouldn’t choose to read books in this style all the time.
I thought the use of both English and Spanish helped to add a layer of authenticity and heritage to the characters and allowed me to connect with them a little more, albeit limited. However, I did feel sometimes as a non-Spanish speaker that it got a little confusing, but that may just be me personally. The book covers a range of topics that are interesting, varied and really made me think about how the world around us impacts upon who we become. The fact that Acevedo based this on real life events just adds to the emotions within the book, making the story even stronger.
Whilst I found the concept and story to be interesting, I didn’t love it. I don’t know why, and I so badly wanted to connect with the characters more, but I just didn’t feel like I could. I think maybe it might be down to the narrative of the book as I don’t particularly like this, but I will give it another go in the future.