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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

147 reviews

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

noyastan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Miscarriage

blombern's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Did not expect the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

3littlewordz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

Broke. My. Heart. This is one of those books where you have a pretty strong idea of what is going to happen in the first few chapters and you spend the rest of the book bracing for the moment it happens? This was me reading Monday's Not Coming.

This story devastatingly demonstrates what happens when a community is disconnected and everyone "minds their own business". Claudia fought and fought and FOUGHT for everyone to believe that her best friend was missing, and the adults were so caught up in either ignoring what was right in front of their faces or thinking someone else would handle it. Two children were murdered and no one found them for months and months! Claudia's mental breakdown after the discovery of the bodies was jarring (as those experiences usually are) and I was a bit disoriented trying to figure out where we were in the timeline.

 

I usually appreciate dual timelines, but the two in this book were incredibly close, so at times it was difficult differentiating between before and after the discovery. 

Strong themes of child abuse, poverty, gentrification, and failing social services are pervasive throughout this story. PLEASE review the content warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Miscarriage, Violence, and Abandonment

haileenduran's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Ended up reading this in one sitting because I needed to know what happened - I cared so deeply for these characters. This story goes deep and dark. 

I did find the chapter headers confusing and a bit distracting while reading, but once the twist is revealed, it all makes sense. 

This is my second novel from Jackson, and she is easily turning into an insta-buy author for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

kie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

it’s a copout to throw in a memory loss plotline in a mystery thriller book :( other than that everything in this book was amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

ghost_cat99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Classism

kdawgreads69's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

this book was so good and really brings awareness to signs of abuse, its such a tragic book but touches well on grief. It’s what We Were Liars tried to do but failed at it was just so much better in so many ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Dementia

venusdapoopiehead's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

i initially gave this two stars but after re-reading (and having a way better taste in books) i decided to bump it up to 4 stars. i think i only gave it two stars because at the time i thought the structure of the book was confusing, and i thought some of the characters were pretty flawed and messed up, not realizing that was the entire point. this is the second book i’ve read of tiffany d jackson’s books so far but it seems as though she purposefully makes her characters flawed so that they seem like real people and not just simply characters from a book, which i like. this book touched on the unfortunate fact that black girls often go ignored and unacknowledged until it’s far too late, which i found it did beautifully, and by the end of the book i was basically ugly crying. definitely an amazing book that discusses such a harrowing topic, an absolute must read imo. though like i said, the structure of the book can be sometimes confusing, atleast it was for me, but for this type of book it absolutely works, and as you read along it gets a little less confusing, but like i said maybe that’s just a me problem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage