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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

273 reviews

sunburntghost's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abortion

galerieanna25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Homophobia

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A Glaswegian version of A Little Life. So sad, so painful, almost cried and had it been longer I probably would have cried — then again the book felt a bit dragging at times, so I'm glad it wasn't longer (and honestly my heart wouldn't have been able to take it either).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Grief

heleendb's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Beautifully written but so brutal, so miserable, so graphic, that I can't in good conscience recommend this. Like the child of Shuggie Bain and A Little Life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

lorenp's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, and Violence

mikom10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Fun fact: I tried reading this book 3x, but the first two attempts were unsuccessful because the plot was so slow.

But I had the book and figured I might as well give it another go… AND I’M GLAD I DID.

This story is definitely tough to read, as it touches on a plethora of heavy subject matter. My heart is truly aching from it, but it’s definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

rachpach's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Sexual violence

jancaissemal's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Violence

jennipiccalo's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

✨ Gifted ✨

This book took me a little while to get into initially, but once I was about 25% in I was ready to invest. I spent a LOT of time thinking about this book.
There are many content warnings that are required, so if any of those below upset you please do not read.

What a deeply draining book! I came away and breathed a sigh of relief, because Mungo went through a LOT. 
I can’t imagine having lived through a period like that, and yet Douglas Stuart wrote this in such a way that you could see everything and understand all that Mungo endured.
Maureen was by far the most complex character I felt; there could be a book written about her too!

Lots of love for Mungo, James Jodie and surprisingly Calum? ❤️ I wasn’t expecting the feature from him towards the end 🥹

4 out of 5 stars from me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Pedophilia, and Rape