Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

439 reviews

cleyburne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Mungo lives forever in my heart now.  Prepare to fall in love (and sometimes hate) with the characters, the land, the city, the stories, and of course, the love itself.   If you need a sweet, heartbreaking (and heartmending) queer love story, this may be the one for you.  

Mungo lives in poverty, with an alcoholic parent who comes and goes, and a violent brother who puts him in very bad situations.  It’s a challenging read.  It has very painful scenes.  It takes you to a dark place, and then it shows you one of the most beautiful lights you’ve ever seen.  

Please read.  If you can sit with the pain.  (Read the content warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

pearedith's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Listened to an audio book version - a beautiful and horrific telling of queer love in the 90s in Glasgow. Violent, soft, and beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

sunburntghost's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

suse_a'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

joeesomething's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

kirstybaxter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

A Glaswegian version of A Little Life. So sad, so painful, almost cried and had it been longer I probably would have cried — then again the book felt a bit dragging at times, so I'm glad it wasn't longer (and honestly my heart wouldn't have been able to take it either).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Death of parent

tarsier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

lorenp's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, and Violence

mikom10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.75

Fun fact: I tried reading this book 3x, but the first two attempts were unsuccessful because the plot was so slow.

But I had the book and figured I might as well give it another go… AND I’M GLAD I DID.

This story is definitely tough to read, as it touches on a plethora of heavy subject matter. My heart is truly aching from it, but it’s definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy