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A review by flux_6174
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
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.
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
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Gaslighting