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ekmook's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Dementia
readingotaku's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Murder
sammirosewater's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
emily_mh's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
lilifane's review
- 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
There are so many important but hard to read themes in this book and all of them are written in a way that just clenches your guts because it feels so real. I've cried because of the bullying, I've cried because of Claudia's tangible loneliness and most of all I cried out of frustration because no one cared enough and listened to a desperate teenage girl.
I also loved the structure of the book. Give me multiple timelines, jumble them up and I will read it. Yes, the structure was confusing but I just went with it. I don't know if I would have realised some details earlier if I had read this as a physical book. But I listened to it on audio book (the narrator is AMAZING!) and 2/3s in I had the feeling that I missed something but I couldn't really turn back the pages to check so I just accepted it. Yeah, in the end everything made perfect sense. And I love this aspect of the book as well.
So, the ending broke me. On so many levels. But I'm really glad I've read this.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
britt_writerly's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It took me four months to read this book. It's so painful to read about a Black children being overlooked, abused, under-served, and forgotten. The amount of people who refused to care, to look, to protect Monday and August is disgusting and demoralizing. I already knew this happened in theory but reading an individual account isn't the same as abstract statistics. I'm glad this book exists because statistics are escapable. Stories stick.
The plot twist is out of this world and you will NOT see it coming. The one reason I gave it a 4.50 and not a straight 5.0 is that the "Before" and "After" separation was confusing (which maybe was the point) but I never figured out exactly what the separation was (but that might be explained by the plot twist so it's hard to retroactively assess it).
The characters in this book are amazing. Tiffany Jackson does a great job with them-- even the ones you hate, hate, HATE are perfect. Claudia and Monday are perfect in their friendship, Claudia's parents are perfect in their guardianship, Marcus is THE BEST fullstop. Everyone is just super real and they all play their part in the story, no matter how frustrating or admirable we think they are. Even though it's a plot-driven book and you don't see the last threads coming together until the very end, it's the characters' motivations that resolve the narrative.
The last thing I'll say (because it's still just difficult to think about and process) is that the treatment of trauma is the most understated and ah-mazing I've seen in ya contemporary fiction. Claudia's PTSD is legitimately hard to see at first and once we do see it, it's shattering. Truly, you never know how trauma will show itself but a solid support system is everything and the fact that Claudia has it is one of the things I'm most grateful for in the book.
Monday's Not Coming is one of the hardest books I've ever read and I'll probably never be able to read it again. But you should read it at least once.
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence