Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

37 reviews

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

5.0

Wow. Read through the night. Couldn’t put it down. Have taken out all the author’s other books from the library. Horrible story that needed to be told with the bravest child at the center of it all. This is a book  that can change you, if that’s something you’re willing to allow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

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

spicycronereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A really gripping mystery. I should have seen the ending coming but I didn’t. Some moments were really difficult. Definitely check the content warnings. 

The audiobook performance was great though I admittedly got a little mixed up with the chapter titles and trying to keep track of timelines. Another great Tiffany D. Jackson read / listen! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

alyvia_jeane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

mommah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism and Murder

tmcphetridge4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Objectively, this is the best book that I have read from Tiffany Jackson. As far as pacing goes at least. But the timeskips were disorienting and the content was abhorrent (but intentionally so). It was incredibly difficult to listen to, and incredibly difficult to think about. While the plot twist was shocking (and more well written than Grown/Allegedly), I was frustrated with

the fact that her amnesia was two years of lost memory? And that she was actively out in society/school? Usually cases that are that severe are in intense therapy and guidance to assist the victim, rather than shield them... so this wasn't believable to me. Had it been several months of amnesia? Maybe. But over a year? Two years?? Not as believable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

strawberrycandy's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia

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

hlessiroo's review against another edition

dark sad

5.0

This is likely going to get 5 stars from me eventually, but it was one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read (and I read a lot of horror), so I just feel like I need to sit and digest it for a while. It was brilliantly written. The unique format really drove home the emotion.

Edit: I don’t see a content warning option for this, but if you struggle with feelings of unreality or helplessness or gaslighting, this is going to be a rough read. It was a rough read for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Gaslighting