Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

23 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow was that depressing. I cried which I wasn’t really expecting, but I really got to know the characters and felt for them. I do have to say I thought it was weird how it was written and how Claudia was written, but it makes sense when a certain reveal happens. This is such an important story, but very dark. I also really like Claudia as a main character and how strong she was. I really enjoyed the friendships and the family and how great of support system Claudia had. I do have to say it was also kind of confusing how it was written because I kept forgetting what timeline we were in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

keelsrn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

A beautiful, emotional read. The writing is so captivating and authentic to a 13 year old’s voice. Highly recommend checking the trigger warnings in advance before deciding to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content and Classism

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

saygeebee's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, and Death

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: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Dementia, and Racism

Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cancer

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Dementia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

phippsmr's review

challenging 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

4.25

tiffany jackson loves making me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Toxic friendship

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

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

ekmook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Dementia

readingotaku's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was so good I finished it in a day! I did get a bit tired of

Claudia’s constant lack of self esteem with her inability to read. She seemed reasonable enough so I wanted to constantly jump into the book and tell her it’s okay to ask for help despite what a few bullies say! I know what it’s like to be that age, but it got tiresome chapter after chapter. Additionally, it was a bit frustrating when she didn’t speak up about her friend missing throughout the story because she had no confidence in herself.

Overall, this book has a gripping plot and makes you forgive the flawed, sometimes annoying characters. It’s truly a wonderful story of friendship that becomes sisterhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Bullying, Murder, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Emotional abuse

sammirosewater's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Bullying, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Homophobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse