Monday's Not Coming

Mystery and thriller

Print length: 435 pagesKatherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018

Description

When Monday Charles does not appear for school, Claudia immediately senses that something is wrong. Monday is not merely her closest friend; the girls are more like sisters, which makes the absence impossible for Claudia to dismiss. Yet Monday’s family provides little help, and Claudia’s questions reveal that no one seems able to remember seeing the missing teenager recently. Refusing to let the matter fade, Claudia begins searching for answers herself. Tiffany D. Jackson’s Monday’s Not Coming builds its mystery around a disturbing question: how can a teenage girl vanish without attracting notice?

Reading profile

About this profile

Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).

Writing: How much attention the sentences and language require.
Ideas: How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
Structure: How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
Background knowledge: Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
Emotional intensity: Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.

Writing style

Atmospheric · Conversational · Direct · Fragmentary

Pace

Variable

Tone

Dark · Melancholic · Tense · Unsettling

Structure

Fragmented · Multiple timelines · Nonlinear

Focus

Character · Mystery · Relationships

Emotional intensity

5 / 5

Reading complexity

1–5 · higher means more demanding

Writing: 2 / 5
Ideas: 3 / 5
Structure: 4 / 5
Background knowledge: 1 / 5

Themes

FamilyFriendshipInequalityMemoryRace and racismTrauma

Book details

For the print edition listed above.

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language: English
ISBN: 9780062422675

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