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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

16 reviews

bookswithnaja's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ——— TW: child death & child abuse — Man oh man. This was a gripping and heartbreaking read for me. It was so well written though. The only part I struggled with was keeping up with the timeline. I do see why she wrote it that way though. Claudia’s and Monday’s friendship was so beautiful to read about. Their commitment to each other was to always stick together and Claudia definitely kept that pact until the very end. Everyone wants an heartwarming soul sister bond. If I’m not mistaken, this story was based on the events of Mitchelle Blair, known as the freezer mom and the case of Banita Jacks. Tiffany Jackson continues to be one of my favorite authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

breese's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Excrement, Confinement, Drug use, Ableism, Alcohol, Dementia, Classism, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Kidnapping

Includes discussion of age gaps - while the main character's love interest is a year older than her, her parents are a decade apart.

wintershyacinth's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

A very depressing mystery that works alongside great character development. As the main character learns to create a new life without her friend, but won’t forget about her best friend and continues to search for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

This book is very heavy in certain touchy subjects, so proceed with caution.

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, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

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

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

rae_bookmarkchronicles's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

This book made my heart hurt.

Obviously I knew that this would be sad but the plot twist wrecked me.
 

I already knew that Monday was dead of course. That was expected but Claudia's psychotic break really hurt to read when she realized that it had been two years since Monday had been found dead

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use