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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
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
"This is the story of how my best friend disappeared. How nobody noticed she was gone except me. And how nobody cared until they found her . . . one year later."
The story takes place from Claudia's perspective, who seems to be in a constant state of worry, when she realizes that no one is helping her look for her best friend, Monday, who has disappeared. Claudia attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, and the story unfolds layer by layer throughout jumping timelines, bringing us to a horrific conclusion.
"If Monday were a color, she'd be red. Crisp, striking, vivid, you couldn't miss her- a bullseye in the room, a crackling flame.
I saw so much red, that it blinded me to any flags."
This was a heavy story to read. This book focuses on the unexplained disappearances of Black children and the corrupt system that often allows these children to fall through the cracks. This book gives you a glimpse at the injustice towards Black girls, classism, and systemic racism.
Wow. Just, wow.
For a book to have such raw and emotionally-charged undertones, and still be able to write a gripping plot without straying from the topic, is unreal. Beautifully written from the intentional timelines to the relationship between the girls. This story gripped me to my core. I cried at the fictional relationship between Claudia and Monday, but also cried for the very real Claudia's and Monday's out there who are fighting this same fight, every single day.
The story takes place from Claudia's perspective, who seems to be in a constant state of worry, when she realizes that no one is helping her look for her best friend, Monday, who has disappeared. Claudia attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, and the story unfolds layer by layer throughout jumping timelines, bringing us to a horrific conclusion.
"If Monday were a color, she'd be red. Crisp, striking, vivid, you couldn't miss her- a bullseye in the room, a crackling flame.
I saw so much red, that it blinded me to any flags."
This was a heavy story to read. This book focuses on the unexplained disappearances of Black children and the corrupt system that often allows these children to fall through the cracks. This book gives you a glimpse at the injustice towards Black girls, classism, and systemic racism.
Wow. Just, wow.
For a book to have such raw and emotionally-charged undertones, and still be able to write a gripping plot without straying from the topic, is unreal. Beautifully written from the intentional timelines to the relationship between the girls. This story gripped me to my core. I cried at the fictional relationship between Claudia and Monday, but also cried for the very real Claudia's and Monday's out there who are fighting this same fight, every single day.
Honestly one of the saddest books I’ve read. It truly shows how the system treats us in ways they would never treat other young girls. I really feel like Monday is a real girl which made reading this book even harder.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
Yes
This was amazing. An intense read for sure but a really important one. I love TIffany D. Jackson's writing, it's fantastic. I do want to re-read this at some point because now that I know the twist I can go back and read it with this new perspective. This does deal heavily with child abuse so definitely check content warnings before diving in.
It was heartbreaking but also hopeful at the same time. This book does shine a light on how children, especially children from marginalized communities, do not get the same attention as their white counterparts when something happens to them. This was so well done and I feel handled the subject matter with such empathy while not pulling punches and not shying away from those hard truths.
I'm really glad I read this and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of Tiffany Jackson's work.
It was heartbreaking but also hopeful at the same time. This book does shine a light on how children, especially children from marginalized communities, do not get the same attention as their white counterparts when something happens to them. This was so well done and I feel handled the subject matter with such empathy while not pulling punches and not shying away from those hard truths.
I'm really glad I read this and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of Tiffany Jackson's work.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced