Monday's Not Coming

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 6,212 ratings

Price: 27.55

Last update: 08-09-2024


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Alexandria Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2024
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson is an amazing read that definitely keeps you guessing. If you're like me, you won't realize until the end just how true the trauma of losing a friend so close it feels as if she is your sister. This book takes you through an intricate timeline of events, skillfully weaving the narrative to build suspense and emotional depth. By the end, Jackson brilliantly brings the timeline in order, addressing any lingering questions and delivering a powerful conclusion that ties everything together. The storytelling is masterful, and the emotional impact is profound, making this a must-read for anyone who appreciates a well-crafted, emotionally resonant story."
Daniesha Byam
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2024
Somewhat based off true events. The author is seriously something else. You will understand fully toward the end what she did to make this story such a clever masterpiece. A story is always brilliant when it can make you feel something and this was a brilliant story. Great read. Highly recommend.
Arabia
4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2024
I could not put this down . I love how Claudia never stopped looking for Monday . I hate how almost all the adults failed Monday. Micheal was great and so was Claudia. I just didn’t like how Claudia seem to not have an identity or mind of her outside of Monday . She also came across as a selfish friend blocking Mondays growth because she was hardly willing to grow as well . She wasn’t willing to leave their bubble so she missed all the signs of what her friend was really going through . Also something’s were left unanswered like was Ms. Charles put in jail ? The time jumps got me a little confused at times as well all in all still great
SupernovaSoul
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024
Great book. Held my attention and kept me interested. It was a page turner for me. I would recommend it
Orode
5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
At first I was like, “oh I already know what happened to Monday,” but once I got to the end I was like “that took a turn.” I think this is really good book to read and it’s sad. I literally cried while reading it.
Khadijah Faust
5.0 out of 5 stars wow!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
Well-written, emotional, suspenseful, and kept me glued to the pages!

I look forward to reading more of her work soon!
blueskysunburn
4.0 out of 5 stars Good little book but read it through an 8th graders perspective instead of an adult
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2021
"You did save her, Claudia! You saved her from that house for years and you didn't even know it."

I chaperoned an 8th-grade field trip for an all-girls school and saw three girls with this book. Speaking to a couple of teachers at lunch, one of them mentioned they had seen it circulating between many girls the last couple of months. We all decided to give it a read. I tried to do my best to read this from an 8th grader's perspective instead of an adult's. Due to this, I think my rating is a little higher than some others I have seen.

The book was a little difficult to follow along as it jumped back and forth in the timeline. Though I was able to breeze through this book in a couple of days, I found myself having to stop multiple times to go back to look at chapter titles. There wasn't significant depth given to the characters other than the two main girls. As with a lot of YA books, the character development felt rushed and glossed over. What was there, seemed repetitive. I get it, she liked to do nails.

I thought the book gave great insight into child abuse in the home, children slipping through cracks in the system, and the blind eye given to the lower-income neighborhoods. I felt she hit the nail on the head with how the daughters hid the abuse for fear of being separated. She was spot on about adults suspecting and either choosing not to involve themselves or doing too little about it.

I liked how she made Claudia dyslexic. I don't feel like enough attention is given to this disability and is overlooked more often than we think. I do think it was a little far-fetched Monday was able to redo all Claudia's school work and no one, minus one teacher, suspected her struggle the whole time.

The ending I was not a fan of. I had a hard time following her two-year mental breakdown. I felt it completely unnecessary. The author tried to tie it in a couple of times before the end of the book but it felt disjointed. Earlier in the book when Claudia told Michael he wrote the wrong date on his paper, I had to stop and go back through other pages to figure out what she was talking about. After it mentions her breakdown, the story then picks back up doing things and talking to people like the breakdown didn't happen. You end up thinking it has jumped back in time like it did throughout the book and then it mentions it's in the present and references her breakdown again.

The other thing that bothered me was Claudia's last journal entry. Aside from being dyslexic, this girl flat out had literacy problems. Do I think she could have jumped leaps and bounds after her disability was addressed? Yes. However, you're trying to convince me she is now completely literate and has perfect grammar within a two-year (mental breakdown included) time frame? No. Reading that entry actually pulled me out of the story because it wasn't logical.

Critiques aside, I think it was an overall good little YA book that tried to address some issues within today's society. While it definitely has a few issues, I think it did a decent job addressing the target audience and can understand why it's circulating through an 8th-grade group of girls.
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blueskysunburn
4.0 out of 5 stars Good little book but read it through an 8th graders perspective instead of an adult
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2021
"You did save her, Claudia! You saved her from that house for years and you didn't even know it."

I chaperoned an 8th-grade field trip for an all-girls school and saw three girls with this book. Speaking to a couple of teachers at lunch, one of them mentioned they had seen it circulating between many girls the last couple of months. We all decided to give it a read. I tried to do my best to read this from an 8th grader's perspective instead of an adult's. Due to this, I think my rating is a little higher than some others I have seen.

The book was a little difficult to follow along as it jumped back and forth in the timeline. Though I was able to breeze through this book in a couple of days, I found myself having to stop multiple times to go back to look at chapter titles. There wasn't significant depth given to the characters other than the two main girls. As with a lot of YA books, the character development felt rushed and glossed over. What was there, seemed repetitive. I get it, she liked to do nails.

I thought the book gave great insight into child abuse in the home, children slipping through cracks in the system, and the blind eye given to the lower-income neighborhoods. I felt she hit the nail on the head with how the daughters hid the abuse for fear of being separated. She was spot on about adults suspecting and either choosing not to involve themselves or doing too little about it.

I liked how she made Claudia dyslexic. I don't feel like enough attention is given to this disability and is overlooked more often than we think. I do think it was a little far-fetched Monday was able to redo all Claudia's school work and no one, minus one teacher, suspected her struggle the whole time.

The ending I was not a fan of. I had a hard time following her two-year mental breakdown. I felt it completely unnecessary. The author tried to tie it in a couple of times before the end of the book but it felt disjointed. Earlier in the book when Claudia told Michael he wrote the wrong date on his paper, I had to stop and go back through other pages to figure out what she was talking about. After it mentions her breakdown, the story then picks back up doing things and talking to people like the breakdown didn't happen. You end up thinking it has jumped back in time like it did throughout the book and then it mentions it's in the present and references her breakdown again.

The other thing that bothered me was Claudia's last journal entry. Aside from being dyslexic, this girl flat out had literacy problems. Do I think she could have jumped leaps and bounds after her disability was addressed? Yes. However, you're trying to convince me she is now completely literate and has perfect grammar within a two-year (mental breakdown included) time frame? No. Reading that entry actually pulled me out of the story because it wasn't logical.

Critiques aside, I think it was an overall good little YA book that tried to address some issues within today's society. While it definitely has a few issues, I think it did a decent job addressing the target audience and can understand why it's circulating through an 8th-grade group of girls.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
I am speechless. This was an amazing, yet heartbreaking story all in one. I laughed and cried during the entire book. Highly recommend!

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