Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

20 reviews

shizuka's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Blood

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

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

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Child death, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

HOLY COW!!!!

This book is about a young girl, Claudia, who is searching for her best friend, Monday, after not hearing from her in a long time. 

I did not expect to love this book as much as I do! Read this right now! 

It features an unreliable narrator with time jumps that might confuse you until the final chapter when it’s not confusing anymore! The plot twist was so not expected and made the way the book was formatted make so much sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

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

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

tmcphetridge4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Objectively, this is the best book that I have read from Tiffany Jackson. As far as pacing goes at least. But the timeskips were disorienting and the content was abhorrent (but intentionally so). It was incredibly difficult to listen to, and incredibly difficult to think about. While the plot twist was shocking (and more well written than Grown/Allegedly), I was frustrated with

the fact that her amnesia was two years of lost memory? And that she was actively out in society/school? Usually cases that are that severe are in intense therapy and guidance to assist the victim, rather than shield them... so this wasn't believable to me. Had it been several months of amnesia? Maybe. But over a year? Two years?? Not as believable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

blombern's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Did not expect the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Classism, Lesbophobia, Murder, Death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, Vomit, and Incest