Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

34 reviews

islesbiyana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.25

I closed my eyes, envisioning it, trying to think of anyone I would beg for one more moment with, but only Monday came to mind. I loved her. Well, I mean, not like that. I didn’t love her in a way a girl loved a girl, like romantically. I loved her more like a soul mate loved a soul mate. Who makes up the rules for who your soul belongs to? 

If Monday were a color, she’d be red. Crisp, striking, vivid, you couldn’t miss her—a bull’s-eye in the room, a crackling flame.
I saw so much red that it blinded me to any flags.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Infertility, and Miscarriage

muppetymelody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Lesbophobia

anderska1011's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was much darker than I thought it was going to be. It was very good, and I never want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Lesbophobia

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Well, that was not at all what I expected! This is not my favorite book by Jackson, mostly because of the back and forth time structure that was somewhat difficult to follow. I think the plot was shocking, revolting, and honest and the characters were gritty and real. This story would be a good read for hesitant teen readers because of its’ short chapters and engaging content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

what a page-turner! I was on the verge of tears on several occasions, this book has such an important message. Claudia's self-centeredness really annoyed me at times, but then again my thoughts were similar to hers when I was 14 so I can't really complain. The book had the potential to be 5 stars, but it could have been a tad shorter and there were two tropes I didn't like:

the romantic subplot with Michael (it was okay-ish) and the losing memory stuff. Explains the time skips, but every time the ending is explained by memory loss, it automatically takes away some creativity points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

sydneylmeyer7's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility

blombern's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Did not expect the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hapikohw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

For all the missing children, and for all the children who aren't believed, this story sings to the vulnerability and easy dismissal of children and their experiences that the adults just fail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Classism

zamzamzebra's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Dementia