Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

7 reviews

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

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Excrement, Confinement, Drug use, Ableism, Alcohol, Dementia, Classism, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Kidnapping

Includes discussion of age gaps - while the main character's love interest is a year older than her, her parents are a decade apart.

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

lilacwhisker's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Reread this book because I thought it would be a quick and fun throwback. I think part of the reason why I'm rating it lower than last time is because the twist does not hit as hard the second time lol. Still pretty good and an easy read. 

Review from August 2022:
5/5
I LOVED this book. For a 400+ page book it kept me hooked and the plot twist made me want to re-read the whole story again. This was insanely sad and I love how the characters are written. Overall, a must-read!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Dementia, and Medical content

elizabethbooks'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Abandonment

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

lilifane's review

challenging 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have cried so much during this book I don't know if I have any more tears left in me. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship