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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

121 reviews

edemes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

alysonwonderland84's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

Overall, I liked this book but the pacing and timeline really threw me off. A simple before and after would have been better but all the "one year before the before" stuff was confusing, especially when we find out

that Monday had been dead for two years and Claudia's trauma prevented her from remembering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Racial slurs

april_98's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia

shizuka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Blood

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

Moderate: Infertility and Confinement

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

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

joylehua_95's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 

A bit of a longer review: 

Another great read by Tiffany d. Jackson for me. I cried reading it. I think that Tiffany does a great job of intertwining multiple topics/issues into the bigger story. She does a good job of showing how things like race, gender or socioeconomic status effect/ play a role in the characters experiences. and choices. The characters in this book are developed well. I was Claudia in middle school. My entire personality was my best friend and I didn’t know what to do without them. It felt weird to be apart. I enjoyed seeing Claudia stepping out of her comfort zone and making new experiences with new friends, even though the circumstances were less than ideal. 

I used to work alongside DCFS with at risk families so this book has a special place in my heart. The formatting of the chapters was confusing to follow. For example, the chapters are like “the before”, “the after”, “one year before the before”. However, once you get to the “twist” it will make sense why the chapters are set up that way, so hang in there, it all comes together! 

There are spoilers in this part of the review so proceed with caution. The fact that no one noticed Monday was missing for MONTHS. No one followed up for MONTHS. They assumed it was something easily explained. Caludia was the only one that cared about Monday and NO ONE took her seriously. The environment in which all of Monday's siblings lived was so abusive and it's so sad that her brother was killed, and then Monday and so callously. The mom was like, oops. And then, April putting Monday's body in the freezer?? But it seems like she was in survival mode.  Too many times we see the system letting down kids in abused families. We see friends, family members, teachers or other concerned community members advocating for these kids. Calling CPS/DCFS. Too many times, these calls aren’t taken seriously. Too many times, young lives are taken way too soon. People of the global majority are at a higher disadvantage because the system already sees them as expendable and not worth the time. Missing children’s cases aren’t always taken seriously, especially for children of the global majority, often labeled as a runaway.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia

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

pagecalico's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Woah. That was devastating.
My heart truly goes out to both Claudia and Monday and all the suffering they had to endure.
This is such a powerful book but the timeline got a bit confusing for me, besides thats it was a great book!

also i just wanted to point it was kinda weird when Micheal kissed Claudia knowing she was drunk but he wasn't…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual violence

confuusedcreaturex4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Murder, Child abuse, and Homophobia