Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

28 reviews

jacq_s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

Absolutely heartbreaking and upsetting despite the wonderful writing. Read the trigger warnings, violent and terrible with small bits of beauty. I’m still processing how I feel about this book. It did rattle me and move me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Outing

aleksanski's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

orireading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kers_tin's review

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

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

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

Please read the content warnings before reading this book.

It's written well, and Mungo is a likable and sympathetic character (especially his autism, which I immediately related to). But overall this book is just too sad, dark, and upsetting to me. I didn't get enough out of it for the darkness to be worth it. I might have DNF'd it if it wasn't for a book club I'm hosting; the time pressure was my only real motivation to keep reading. I didn't even necessarily want to know what would happen, because I knew it wouldn't be good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Fatphobia

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

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

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

mj_ontiveros's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

euphemia's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

religious trauma check  🤸‍♂️  🤸‍♂️  🤸‍♂️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicidal thoughts