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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

10 reviews

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

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

Well, that was not at all what I expected! This is not my favorite book by Jackson, mostly because of the back and forth time structure that was somewhat difficult to follow. I think the plot was shocking, revolting, and honest and the characters were gritty and real. This story would be a good read for hesitant teen readers because of its’ short chapters and engaging content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

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, Mental illness, Child death, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, and Miscarriage

hapikohw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

For all the missing children, and for all the children who aren't believed, this story sings to the vulnerability and easy dismissal of children and their experiences that the adults just fail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Child death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Ableism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Homophobia, Infertility, and Misogyny

amplawrence's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Death, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Confinement, and Miscarriage

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

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Devastatingly sad book. While reading it, and especially during the revelation of what really happened to Monday and what's going on with Claudia, it feels like a ball of grief and dread and horror lodges itself in your chest and then deflates leaving you hollowed out. This book will stay with me forever. Made me see a lot of things in a perspective I hadn't before. Like I have to say, though, I had a hard time empathizing with Claudia at first bc I'm always side eyeing characters that are like her, that are so possessive of their friends, so devoted, that their love is so aggressive and all consuming bc it weirds me out. It's definitely an on me reaction because, and I think I finally realized it reading this book, maybe my problem is that I give up too easily with most everything in my life bc I don't like being inconvenienced, and all that nonstop devotion of love, that outpouring all of yourself onto another person seems too much work, too exhausting and like putting yourself up to be hurt. So all my life I've been a loner, I've never had a best friend like Monday. I've never had many friends to begin with bc I've always closed myself off to others for many reasons. But this book made me appreciate people like Claudia and I finally saw everything through that perspective, making me both heartbroken for but endeared to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage

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

lacookdubin's review

dark emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Ableism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Incest, Sexual harassment, and Sexism