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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

567 reviews

carinaantonia's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

abi_lamb19's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia

saf_reads_b00k5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I can't stop crying. After reading Shuggie Bain I knew this would be another heartbreaking book. Every single character is fleshed out and complicated that you can't help but sympathise with them, even the ones that do the most dreadful things. 

Douglas Stuart's beautiful, poetic and vivid writing is such a contrast to the violence and tragedy that surrounds the Hamilton family. You so desperately want them to catch a break, especially poor Mungo. 

Major trigger warnings throughout. 

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Content Warnings

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

frosthetix's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Rape

lugalante's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

Really very sad, wish the ending had been more conclusive. Good or bad, just give me something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

emniamhh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

jullietteh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Wow. This book is so emotionally gritty. It’s raw, scalding, beautiful, violent, and tender. 

We enter into the story unsure of where we are with Mungo and why we are there with these two strange men. The way the story all ties together in the end, panning back and north between the past and present was gorgeously done. 

The family drama is like fort car accident you can’t look away from. Mo-Maw is an infuriating drunk. Hamish is terribly destructive and cruel. Jodie is a yearning, motherly child. 

I would saw the subject of this story isn’t love, but violence. Violence’s relationship to masculinity, femininity, parenting, domesticity, and queerness were all explored. I found my self grappling with when might violence be necessarily for survival? It made me think about the power of  tenderness like Mr. Calhoun and Calum. It made me sensitive to different sensations of touch. Ultimately, Young Mungo’s final moments gave me the hope that there still might be a softness that lives on amongst all the hardness that lives inside of us. It made me look forward to something good always waiting for you on the other side of darkness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

abimyers_reads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5⭐️ 
2🌶

Young Mungo is set Glasgow and follows Mungo as he explores his sexuality and identity. Giving a voice to teenagers during a time where violence, social class, family and queerness were different. 
Heartbreaking story and graphic at times but the story was amazing and breaths life into an overlooked point of view.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hxcpanda's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Outing

cecereads__'s review against another edition

4.5

It took me a while to fully get into this story and have some of these characters get under my skin. I thought it was tender and beautiful and raw and hopeful - and shattering as well, let’s be honest. Some ppl don’t get what they “deserve (not that it can be quantified or sth like that but more karma-wise, good and bad, iykyk).
I don’t want to compare it to Shuggie Bain though there are many crossovers. However, I feel like the author has honed in on his craft and found sth that works for him. I’d like to think I could tell of a progression.
Themes of neglect, isolation, violence and alcoholism to be aware of. 

I hope to f**k Mungo and James are enjoying a quiet and happy life together. And that Jodie is at Uni living it tf up and finally on her own

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism