Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

11 reviews

jouljet's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Classism

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

faduma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

saoirse_the_thespian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me on the edge of my seat and I couldn’t sleep after reading it. Definitely not for the light of heart and you should check the trigger warnings. I loved it so much, but I don’t know if I’ll be rereading it soon because it was not a light read in terms of content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Homophobia

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I couldn’t stop reading. Tiffany D Jackson is so fantastic. The parallels of horror to child abuse and missing children is really impactful. I hope young adults see what she’s saying and this book changes them how it changed me. Fantastic book that everyone should read if they’re in the mood for a tough ya mystery/horror. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

macliffe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

This book should be marketed as a horror/thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Police brutality

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

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Reread this book because I thought it would be a quick and fun throwback. I think part of the reason why I'm rating it lower than last time is because the twist does not hit as hard the second time lol. Still pretty good and an easy read. 

Review from August 2022:
5/5
I LOVED this book. For a 400+ page book it kept me hooked and the plot twist made me want to re-read the whole story again. This was insanely sad and I love how the characters are written. Overall, a must-read!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, Dementia, and Grief

leahb88's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Body horror and Murder

rachrreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I definitely recommend reading. My one criticism is that the book jumps around a lot and it’s hard to understand what happened when. The chapter titles seem easy to understand — “The Before”, “The After”,  “One year before the before”— but I still struggled to figure out where it really happened in time. Now that I have finished, I’m sure I’d understand better on a reread!

I truly was not expecting the huge twist at the end. This book deals with such a hard subject and is actually based off a real case. Tiffany D. Jackson handled this difficult subject in such a graceful way. The whole book Claudia is convinced something happened to Monday, but no one will listen. Claudia even goes to the police, but they won’t do anything since she’s not Monday’s parent. The school won’t listen, her parents are convinced everything’s fine, but Claudia feels something is wrong.

I wont say more than that so as not to spoil. All I will say is please read this book!

*Also yes I was given an ARC back in fall 2017 and then never read it because of college 😂 Thanks, Ang for setting up the buddy read!*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder