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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

236 reviews

kultumirjam's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5


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tomatoguts's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I am very sad that I have finished this book. Will be thinking about it for a long time. I am going to miss checking in on the characters. Sad and beautiful. Mostly devastating. 

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hanhantap's review against another edition

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

5.0


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kiwi73's review against another edition

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sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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brittonmc1221's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad

3.5


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mona_ambt's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
DNF at p238 (end of chap 16)

I am unfortunately unable to finish Young Mungo because it's too emotionally challenging and I'm so not in the right state of mind for it, but i do want to know the ending. (Probably means I'll never come around to reading A Little Life either, which is sad)
I went into it not really knowing what it's about and maybe, just maybe I should've thought of checking the trigger warnings. 

With all that said, this book follows the story of Mungo in Glasgow. He meets James with whom he falls in love, or feels an illicit attraction for. He is sent away to a fishing week-end with 2 men from the AA, after being found out by his mother. 
The story is cut into two times intermingling: Mungo and James's meeting and the week-end away.
I quickly enough got attached to the characters and their (ever-present) struggles and I could have cried too many times to be counted. 

If you want to be sad and revolted against the whole world, read Young Mungo.

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laurahartfield's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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atkloehn's review against another edition

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3.0


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vidyasargeant's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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jessiemcg's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Incredible yet sobering. Lyrical and moving writing. I listened to this book and it was unbelievably captivating - but not necessarily for the right reasons. A story of class, poverty, alcoholism, abuse and other hard topics. 

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