Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

53 reviews

ju10ma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment and Confinement

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

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

alxesi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Okay to start off I really did enjoy the book in the beginning. I think Tiffany’s writing style is great and she does a great job immersing us into the reality of Claudia. I also think this is a great book to bring light to real life issues. It does hold truth just how much Black children do fly under the radar and often don’t get help until it really is too late. But the reasoning for my rating is because the story that comes to light towards the end of the book is based on a real life case. For me personally the story lost its moment with me because I already knew what was going to happen because I was familiar with the case. And some things were very much verbatim but the issue I find with it is that the author doesn’t mention that it was based on a true story. So ofc I feel like it’s normal to feel weirdly about reading a book that involves someone’s true reality without permission or acknowledging it. Other than that I do think it was a good read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment

annamwallace66'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It is very confusing at first, but keep with it!

The reveal of what happened to Monday is one of the most intense buildups I’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Death, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Murder, Excrement, Grief, and Mental illness

confuusedcreaturex4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Murder, Child abuse, and Homophobia

karoline98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Homophobia, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

nightlight_reader's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

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

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

Well, that was not at all what I expected! This is not my favorite book by Jackson, mostly because of the back and forth time structure that was somewhat difficult to follow. I think the plot was shocking, revolting, and honest and the characters were gritty and real. This story would be a good read for hesitant teen readers because of its’ short chapters and engaging content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage