Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

86 reviews

dakotajade's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

spicycronereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A really gripping mystery. I should have seen the ending coming but I didn’t. Some moments were really difficult. Definitely check the content warnings. 

The audiobook performance was great though I admittedly got a little mixed up with the chapter titles and trying to keep track of timelines. Another great Tiffany D. Jackson read / listen! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, and Child death

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

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

anna_wa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Murder, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, and Grief

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

alinaccc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

this book literally shifted the way i think of certain things. no matter how well you think you know someone you never truly know what goes on behind closed doors. and it shed light on the thousands of teen girls (especially black girls) who go missing are simply dismissed by the justice system. the way the pov was written was confusing at first but the plot twist at the end made it make sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage

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

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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 and Child death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

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