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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

8 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Outing, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality

oscarlavista's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Reading Young Mungo was like slowly moving your hand closer and closer to a hot stove; You know it's going to hurt, it's probably going to leave a mark, you might cry, but at the end of that you're going to have learned something even if it was the most painful way to learn. It's tense, stomach knotting writing that was an unbelievable joy to read even if it hurt the entire time. 

It's simply a masterpiece. I've not read anything like this before and I will probably never read anything like it again. It's the best worst time I've ever had. Now I'm off to have a good cry 😢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Pedophilia, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest and Self harm

doriangrayscale's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

alouette's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

5.0

CHECK CWs

this is a very difficult, very beautiful novel. i don't think i would've been able to make it through if i related any more to the characters (or was less able to numb myself to their pain). they are all such complicated, broken people and the fact that no one could protect Mungo had me in tears. even when he had to do what he did to protect himself, all i felt was sadness. i had to hold on really tight to the comfort of Mungo's relationships with James and with his sister <3

for all the darkness, my favourite part was the chance for us as readers to choose a happy ending in the implications of the very last scene. the world was and is and will be fill of terrible cultures and places and people, but we will find reasons to keep going. 

my second favourite part was when Mungo kissed James and thought "maybe if lord of the flies had been more like this he would've paid more attention." same, bud, same

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Death, Grief, Blood, Rape, Murder, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Police brutality

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

literarylion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Pros:

• Really well-constructed and perfectly paced 
• Every character was so vivid and engaging
• Just a lovely story beautifully written

Cons:

• Could be a bit melodramatic at times 
• Injury descriptions were so intense as to be unbelievable in some cases 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Violence, Homophobia, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Drug use, Outing, and Hate crime

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

orndal's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Xenophobia, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal death, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Ableism, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, Gore, Classism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death, and Animal cruelty

mothumn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

Arc review for audiobook
Young Mungo is beautifully written and heartbreaking to read. I read Douglas Stuart’s first novel, Shuggie Bain, earlier this year and loved it, but I think that Young Mungo is somehow even better. So much is captured, both beauty and ugliness, violence and hatred and also love. It was at times difficult to read, I had to put it down for a bit because of what happened in it. But it was a very good, but difficult, read. Douglas Stuart is an incredibly talented writer who is able to capture the beauty in what many people would only see as ugly.

I also received an arc for the audiobook which I played along while reading. I don’t have much to say about it, I thought having a Scottish narrator helped to transport you into the story. Although at some points I felt the narration was a bit flat and lacked emotion, overall I didn’t have much of an effect on my reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Outing, and Religious bigotry