A review by emquegeeaye
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

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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