Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

184 reviews

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.25

The ending to this book is probably going to haunt me for the rest of my life. What a sad and harrowing book! Monday deserved so much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, and Murder

alindeman'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

another_average_bibliophile's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

parasolcrafter'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

4.5

this book fucking HURT oh my god 😭 definitely a book with a twist that wasnt necessarily one i didnt see coming, but was one that exceeded my expectations for what exactly it was, and it broke my heart :( also a book that needs a re-read after finishing because everything makes so much more sense now...ugh, this book was so good and so sad :(((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

books_xoxo's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It feels as if someone ripped my heart out of my body, stepped on it multiple times and gave it back, broken, full of mud and rotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying and Death

Minor: Miscarriage

booksshereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This was based on a true story. Its really sad for kids to go through this. They don't deserve anything like this at all. I don't want to mention to much because it was hard just reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder

emilyepew's review

challenging dark sad medium-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

5.0

This book is unbelievably heartbreaking. It is such a raw portrayal of the things that affect poor communities every single day. I still think about the resolution of this book regularly and I feel so deeply for the kids in this book. Stunningly well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual harassment

candaceallison's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

This book was so captivating. I thought the author wrote teenagers very well. Did anyone else think that Claudia and Monday’s relationship was a little codependent?? I think this was based on a true story, the case of Mitchelle Blair. The timeline was really confusing and difficult to follow at times. I like stories that are sometimes told out of order but the chapter titles made it hard for me to follow where we were in the timeline. After a reveal at the end, it makes more sense why the author did that. It was still challenging to follow. The narrator is excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship

razorfangz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage

It's very heavily implied that Monday was sexually abused, no actual incest happens but it is mentioned when they talk about "flowers in the attic"

manonschuur's review

dark mysterious sad

2.25

INCLUDES SPOILERS.
Ik vind dit boek heel lastig te beoordelen. 

Het boek bevat hele heftige onderwerpen zoals kindermishandeling en slut shaming wat wel tof is dat het besproken wordt. Ik had dan ook echt gehoopt dat ik dit boek leuk had gevonden but i don't actually... 

Wat mij vooral het meeste tegenzat was de enorm verwarrende tijdlijn. Je hebt stukken die 'the before' heten en afspelen voordat Claudia doorhad wat er gebeurd is met Monday en er achter probeert te komen en je hebt stukken dat 'the after' heet over wanneer Claudia erachter is gekomen wat er gebeurd is met Monday. En je hebt nog 'one year before the before' en 'two years before the before' en al die verschillende tijdlijnen maken het verhaal enorm ingewikkeld. 

Verder irriteerde ik me er ook vreselijk aan dat Claudia een ongeveer 12 jarige moest voorstellen maar in haar hele doen en laten doet alsof ze 5 is. I mean girl, you are not a baby anymore. 

Daarnaast heb je ook heel veel random scenes in het boek die verder niet uitgewerkt worden waardoor het doel ervan een beetje vervaagd. Ook had ik het veel leuker gevonden als er wat dieper in was gegaan op Claudia die uitzoekt wat er aan de hand is met Monday, detective wise u know. Maar dat gebeurde niet en het werd daardoor behoorlijk saai. 
En de romance met Michael had van mij ook wel wat meer diepgang mogen hebben.
Verder vind ik het ook beetje raar dat echt niemand de verdwijning ziet of serieus neemt terwijl er zo veel red flags waren... 

Aan het einde komt dan de grote plottwist dat de bedoeling had om enorm te shokkeren. Je komt er dus op een gegeven moment achter dat Claudia blijkbaar de verdwijning van Monday, die 2 jaar geleden was, opnieuw herbeleefd. Alleen dat gegeven is echt enorm random verwerkt in het verhaal en er was niet echt een setup er naar toe. Dus dat was beetje flink confusing. 

Kortom ik vond het echt enorm confusing en random en ik weet gewoon niet echt wat ik ervan moet vinden

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Murder, and Lesbophobia