Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

95 reviews

sarajain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I want to begin with some serious trigger warnings.  GRAPHIC rape scenes. If you are a victim of abuse or SA, please read with caution. The writing was incredibly detailed during these scenes. I'm honestly suprised most reviews don't even mention this issue.  It's pretty disturbing to read and I struggled to complete this book.

The rest of the content is fine, it's very relatable as a queer story,  the alienation, the bullying, the danger of being a gay teen is well captured. The characters are well written and I enjoyed the snippets of humour throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

theyseemeyolin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

jessi_s's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

madread8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

jasminrain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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

This book shattered me but it's also one of the best books I've read in a while. It's a brilliant, yet extremely heavy description of what it was like to grow up queer and working class in Glasgow. One should definitely check the content warnings before reading this book as it's a very challenging read at times. and it touches upon so many different forms of hardship. At the same time, I think it's a brilliant description of queer love, poverty and what life in Scotland was like back in the day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

em_h_ma's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

cristian13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

justnaho's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

This is just heartbreaking and traumatized 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Alcohol

hypocrisis's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

felt like i was being wrung out like a wet towel, truly gut wrenching passages in there which is why i had to shelve it for a couple of months before reading the second half. there are beautiful moments of hope but you never get to savour them as the inevitable next chapter looms over peaceful scenes like a dark cloud. 
what i love about stuart's work is the realistically complex full characterisation of the families in his books, once again the mother figure sticks out in this regard. definitely worth a read if you can stomach it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Excrement, Abortion, and Outing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

oliviaemily's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism