iPad notification pull-down doesn't respond to tapping notification

Whenever I turn on my iPad and pull down the bar to check notifications, I tap the notification and nothing happens. I have to tap it again to make it work. It seems it isn't responsive until like a second after the bar is done bouncing at the bottom; I have to just sit and wait rather than just tapping the notification once the bar hits the bottom or even before (like Android). It's not clear when I can actually tap the notification. Can't this be changed?