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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

31 reviews

sheenaa's review

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

5.0

I cried so hard at the end, it hurt to see how Monday didn’t get a happy ending. However the memory of Monday being lavender and dancing with Claudia at the end was bittersweet (she became free in memory not reality). 
 Jackson is amazing in how she ties the issues that plague the black community in this book especially the carelessness of the police and the cps in saving the kids. Also i love how Jackson used different colors to symbolize the different characters personalities and how their emotions change the way the color is used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Torture

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Torture, and Homophobia

aebrewer's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Death, Lesbophobia, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, and Confinement

kenyoncannotread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

litzy56's review

informative lighthearted 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

3.5

Not what I expected and the end was shocking. 

 
It was kinda confusing how it went from before to 2 years before and after idk I didn’t really get it but the story it self was good but I would like a clarification with Monday because it said that she had sex with this dude and then April said that she had sex with another dude so was she a slut?? And then April also said to Claudia how she doesn’t know nothing about Monday and how her favorite color was purple instead of pink so was that true and did Claudia actually not know her bff and was Monday always faking to be someone she wasn’t? I got shocked at the end and how Claudia was the crazy one and got traumatized by it and I also wonder if the police ever found out about April and what she did (putting Monday on the freezer) and if she went to jail. It was devastating hearing about the mother and how she didn’t care about her children and how she putted her own child in the freezer. I like this story but I still felt like something was missing it wasn’t the best book I have ever read but it really wasn’t bad since it wasn’t boring plus I liked how the chapters were short. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

lucyrudd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

faduma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

saoirse_the_thespian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me on the edge of my seat and I couldn’t sleep after reading it. Definitely not for the light of heart and you should check the trigger warnings. I loved it so much, but I don’t know if I’ll be rereading it soon because it was not a light read in terms of content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Cursing

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

I couldn’t stop reading. Tiffany D Jackson is so fantastic. The parallels of horror to child abuse and missing children is really impactful. I hope young adults see what she’s saying and this book changes them how it changed me. Fantastic book that everyone should read if they’re in the mood for a tough ya mystery/horror. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Death, and Drug use

emquegeeaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

A story that needs to be told & heard, unfortunately. Too often children in the black community are abused and go missing and no one cares. Because if it doesn’t affect you, your kids, kids that look like you or your community you just don’t care. Everybody failed Monday, Tuesday, April & August. Even the Charles family. I do not doubt that the Charles’ loved Monday and her siblings but they were very standoffish in how they handled things. Then the guilt tore them up. Everybody tried to make Claudia seem crazy or want her to forget Monday and just move on but that was her friend. Her only friend. And when that’s all you feel like you have would you want to lose it, let it go or act like the person and your relationship didn’t exist. Often times we hear adults say kids are resilient and they get over things easier than adults but that’s a lie. A misconception. Because how do you get over a lost love, a loss of friendship & companionship? You don’t get over that easily. And everybody that told Claudia she should was wrong. I loved Michael. I loved Claudia’s dedication to her friend. I understand April saw & went through a lot but I didn’t care for her and how she treated Claudia. Didn’t like Patty at all! And don’t get me started on the kids at school. Jacob, Trevor, Carl, Shayla & Ashley could all get the paws put on them. They were faker than a $3 bill. Kids are cruel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Child death, Lesbophobia, Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Grief