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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

10 reviews

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

Loved it. When I went to work I kept thinking “where is Monday?” It was so emotional and tense and I could not have guessed the twist. It was a great read, I can’t wait to one day forget the mystery and read it again. I pray for the day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement and Infertility

Minor: Alcohol

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

ayuming_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I didn’t take the reviews seriously enough when they called this book heartbreaking. 
It felt like my soul was being crunched up like gravel as the ending drew closer.

This was such a frustrating read. And it’s done on purpose to make you feel frustrated and helpless because it’s just so enraging that no one seems to care that this child has just vanished. 

The way the story is told by changing between past and present was a nice touch, made more so once the big reveal happened.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Sexism

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

amplawrence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Blood, and Abandonment

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

calamitywindpetal'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Devastatingly sad book. While reading it, and especially during the revelation of what really happened to Monday and what's going on with Claudia, it feels like a ball of grief and dread and horror lodges itself in your chest and then deflates leaving you hollowed out. This book will stay with me forever. Made me see a lot of things in a perspective I hadn't before. Like I have to say, though, I had a hard time empathizing with Claudia at first bc I'm always side eyeing characters that are like her, that are so possessive of their friends, so devoted, that their love is so aggressive and all consuming bc it weirds me out. It's definitely an on me reaction because, and I think I finally realized it reading this book, maybe my problem is that I give up too easily with most everything in my life bc I don't like being inconvenienced, and all that nonstop devotion of love, that outpouring all of yourself onto another person seems too much work, too exhausting and like putting yourself up to be hurt. So all my life I've been a loner, I've never had a best friend like Monday. I've never had many friends to begin with bc I've always closed myself off to others for many reasons. But this book made me appreciate people like Claudia and I finally saw everything through that perspective, making me both heartbroken for but endeared to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

emily_mh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

I don't have the words to explain how incredible this book was and how it impacted me. All I will say is that it was a harrowing and masterfully written story that gripped me from beginning to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lacookdubin's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Incest, Sexism, and Sexual harassment