Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

31 reviews

flux_6174's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

2.75

 Review to come later. has come (sort of).
Immediately after reading:
Right now- still processing this book.

After a looong while...
Okay, a short way to put this, which in no way (really) gives a complete idea of the book (as I'm still hung over it all... and if you really want to know how it was, you should probably read it.) -
It is overall dark, emotional, creepy, mysterious, not thrilling, reflective, sad and slow-paced.

The overall middle school to high school transition, peer pressures, best friends almost sisters, rumours, grief, loss, confusion and everything was quite solid.
The rest of it may have fallen apart somewhere because of its pacing and lack of

certain cognitive ability on the part of Claudia. The book *SCREAMS* UNRELIABLE NARRATOR!!
It doesn't mean I'm disregarding books with unreliable narrators, but this one seems hugely unrealistic or way too absurd. This had a potential to better certainly. Somewhere some events in the book just feel off.

It may seem confusing, as it alternates between a lot of timelines, but the ending weaves dumps it all, I think...?
I didn't expect the twist though. A failure on my part. This book definitely deserves credit for that.
Though definitely, I'd love to explore more books by this author now.

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Content Warnings

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

islesbiyana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

3.25

I closed my eyes, envisioning it, trying to think of anyone I would beg for one more moment with, but only Monday came to mind. I loved her. Well, I mean, not like that. I didn’t love her in a way a girl loved a girl, like romantically. I loved her more like a soul mate loved a soul mate. Who makes up the rules for who your soul belongs to? 

If Monday were a color, she’d be red. Crisp, striking, vivid, you couldn’t miss her—a bull’s-eye in the room, a crackling flame.
I saw so much red that it blinded me to any flags.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Grief, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Ableism

muppetymelody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Excrement, Confinement, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

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

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

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

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

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

mommah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder and Racism