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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

81 reviews

shinespike's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

This book was heavy and it evoked an emotion out of me that I never felt before reading a book. I cried because I understood her grief and everything and it was extremely graphic. I felt heavy and sad after it. I don’t think I’ll ever pick this book back up too read but it really was good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Grief, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Wow. Read through the night. Couldn’t put it down. Have taken out all the author’s other books from the library. Horrible story that needed to be told with the bravest child at the center of it all. This is a book  that can change you, if that’s something you’re willing to allow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dementia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

kaerene's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

Oh man. Tiffany D. Jackson is such a stellar author. She just writes these gut wrenching stories and then when you’re least expecting it, she throws another curve ball at you. I’m just completely speechless. I was not expecting the twist at the end of this book and it completely floored me. My students in my home room can vouch for this as they heard me yell “WHAAAAAT??!!!!!!” when I read the big reveal towards the end of the book. 

The only reason I bumped the score down to 4.5 instead of the full five stars is just because I’m still unsure on a few things in regards to the plot and how each chapter was set up. I spent a lot of my time wondering about when this book was happening (and IYKYK). But the rest of the story and the characters were so compelling and so well written that I think this is my new favorite TDJ book. 

I highly recommend reading this but definitely check trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

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

m4rtt4'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

what a page-turner! I was on the verge of tears on several occasions, this book has such an important message. Claudia's self-centeredness really annoyed me at times, but then again my thoughts were similar to hers when I was 14 so I can't really complain. The book had the potential to be 5 stars, but it could have been a tad shorter and there were two tropes I didn't like:

the romantic subplot with Michael (it was okay-ish) and the losing memory stuff. Explains the time skips, but every time the ending is explained by memory loss, it automatically takes away some creativity points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Violence, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Excrement

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

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

ari_1233's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

flower_mail's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Confinement, Colonisation, Bullying, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dementia and Incest

Minor: Racial slurs, Biphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

alyvia_jeane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

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