I Hate Mondays : The True Story of School Shooter Brenda Spencer

by Darla Pugh

In 1979, a five-feet-one-inch, eighty pound sixteen year old girl would become the first school shooter in United States history. Brenda Spencer would open fire on Cleveland Elementary School, wounding nine children and killing two adults. Her assault would be the first of many school shootings across the nation, most notably Columbine and Sandy Hook.
The media and public began looking for answers as to why someone would commit such a horrid act. The response from Brenda was callous and flippant.
She hated Mondays.
But there had to be more to the story than that. Monsters are not born, they’re made.
This is how the monster was created.

Genres: True Crime

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 4, 2016

Reviews

[Bonnie Springer · Rating 1 out of 5]

How is this even a book? Literally took me only 10 minutes to read. More like a short story.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hadn't heard of the first school shooter and surprised it was a girl. A gripping review of how she came to commit her crime.

[Sandra Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this.

Brenda was wacked, bad childhood no excuse. Plenty of people have bad childhoods, but do not do mass murder. I also remember, the song about this.

[zoesgarden · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really a book

This work is more like a pamphlet or a Wikipedia page. Nothing much to it. Don't waste any money on it

[Michelle Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boy that story was short. I am glad she got a very long sentence.

[Barb Gaskins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reads more like a reporter newscast than a book. It was okay I jist didnt muxh care for it.

[Marley]

Yeah, I understand the sentiment, Brenda, but why didn't you just go back to bed and start over on Tuesday?

More true crime porn, but is it really necessary to refer to Brenda's family as "inbred hillbillies?" I can't think of any legitimate crime writer who would that. Oh Well! So Brenda made history as the first school shooter and apparently nobody remembers her. But then girls aren't shooters, only shootees, so why should we remember her? I actually like this little piece of porn since there's no justification for the murders offered and apparently never was except grand schemes that lawyers and shrinks come up with. Hey, Brenda hated Mondays. Yes,people are murdered for no reason and Brenda Spencer was batshit.

[Madeline Barthelme · Rating 2 out of 5]

She Hated Mondays

This is very quick reading, only giving a short background to the young girl who became one of the first school shooters in the nation.
I didn't realize this was part of a series, so I was disappointed when I quickly got to the end.
This segment didn't seem to relate much of the turmoil of such a tragic event; it simply throws out a bit of information about the young girl and the event that put her in prison, serving 25 years to life.
The most interesting note was discovering that this shooting was the basis of the song "I Don't Like Mondays" recorded by the Boomtown Rats. The song conveys much more emotions than this story did.

[Rachel Hazlewood · Rating 3 out of 5]

No depth

Interesting story but with no answers or depth. It's a pretty brief overview of what happened and a hint of a story. With typos.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

True murder

Another short book that would have been made a lot more interesting if it had more detail and was longer. I never heard of this school shooting before though.

[Catina Werry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and to the point.

I really would've liked more than what was written in these few pages. I love true crime books, and this was a good read, considering it was so short.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely an interesting, if not quick read.