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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

227 reviews

kitkatkatdog's review

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

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

ok i cannot rate this bc i read the book timeline wrong GJFDHJGSKGFHKSDJFHJKS thats a me issue but its pretty well written. the story keeps you wanting to continue it and everything is foreshadowed really well. please check trigger warnings if you feel you need it this is not a light story. super super emotional i think the author's really good at writing i just feel like i didn't gel with the plot as much bc of the darkness of it which is a me problem not a book problem.

ok spoiler i am not a massive fan of the mental break plot twist it just feels kind of. overdone?? to me but it was forshadowed well so i'm not nearly as annoyed as i mightve been and also i feel sick after reading that. also feel so angry at so many of the adults and im assuming thats intentional because this is very much a story about adults who leave kids to do the heavy lifting and i am so angry hJKFDSYAJHKFGDSHJA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

nessreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Monday and Claudia are inseparable. When Monday doesn't show up to the first day at school Claudia starts to worry but she seems to be the only one. She can't believe that her only friend would leave her to deal with the horrors of school alone so something must be wrong. As she searches for answers no one seems to know anything about Monday's disappearance and something isn't adding up.

This was a heartbreaking story of friendship and loss. The stark differences between Monday and Claudia's lives broke my soul as they started to unfold. This book had me sobbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

sheenaa's review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I cried so hard at the end, it hurt to see how Monday didn’t get a happy ending. However the memory of Monday being lavender and dancing with Claudia at the end was bittersweet (she became free in memory not reality). 
 Jackson is amazing in how she ties the issues that plague the black community in this book especially the carelessness of the police and the cps in saving the kids. Also i love how Jackson used different colors to symbolize the different characters personalities and how their emotions change the way the color is used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Torture, and Lesbophobia

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

booksandgore's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

haleyunruh32's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Racism, and Murder

annamwallace66'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It is very confusing at first, but keep with it!

The reveal of what happened to Monday is one of the most intense buildups I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

motypeandroid's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Finished this book yesterday or the day before I can't really remember. When I read it, I was really invested in the story and what happened to Monday, and I felt like it was interesting to see Claudia grow to realize that just because she shared her entire life didn't mean that Monday felt comfortable doing the same. Sometimes while reading I felt a level of discomfort I couldn't really place, but at the end of the day, I kept reading until it was done because I really did want to see where it was going. Overall, I thought it was good (not groundbreaking, but good) and left it at that. 
What I wasn't expecting is that today I would be scrolling on tiktok and happen to get a video about the Mitchelle Blair case, and before the video was even over I went to look up if the book was based on it. I didn't find anything definitive but many people who were already familiar with the case beforehand (I realized many were, but I wasn't, as I really steered clear of true crime the majority of my life since it would just upset me) and that it impacted how they felt about the story, especially bc they could tell where it was going. 
I don't like the idea of using a real story like this to make a fictional story, even if it is to start up conversations. It would be one thing if it were similar, especially when the point of the book is to highlight how much stuff like this happens and goes overlooked for long periods of time, but to take so much from a specific incident to the point of mirroring that real-life trial...that doesn't sit right with me. I'm going to research the case and make my final decision on the book after, but that...I really don't like that at all.
edit: did some research on the case and yeah...miss jackson was kind of tasteless with the amount of things she lifted from that case like. this is not "loosely inspired" it is directly depicting it. i'm actually really mad now like girl what the hell.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

karoline98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol