A review by phidelia
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

 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐💫

“I know what you’re thinking. How can a whole person, a kid, disappear and no one say a word? Like if the sun just up and left one day, you’d think someone would sound an alarm, right? But Ma used to say, not everyone circles the same sun. I never knew what she meant by that until Monday went missing.”


Content warnings: (view spoiler)

Immediately after reading:
Still processing this book. Like how? How can a human even do that!? I-


After quite a long 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.
•Plot- or character-driven? A mix
•Strong character development? It's complicated.
•Loveable characters? Yes. No.(view spoiler)

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 (view spoiler)

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 if I want something unexpected, mysterious & thrilling, I may go to explore more books by this author then. 
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