Reviews - Il giovane Mungo

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Il giovane Mungo

Douglas Stuart

4.38 AVERAGE

lindseysv's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sherbelle's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So beautiful.

nic_lee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ayeesharbrts's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alfie96's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

beasreads111's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Bleak but beautifully written

martagarrido_'s review against another edition

3.0

This is a 3.5. I can see many good things about this book, a story full of violence, lack of opportunities, toxic masculinity and the violence and shame towards queer people and their identities. The intimacy and introspective scenes going on Mungo's mind are beautifully written. At the same time, there was something about the book that didn't allow me to connect with it as much as I would have liked to. While some chapters had a great potential to connect with the reader, being full of emotion, some of the others came across as dense and overly explained making the story long at times and making me, personally, disconnect with the story.