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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

439 reviews

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

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

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

Moderate: Police brutality and Fire/Fire injury

thepawn's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

meg384's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

Super depressing and disturbing. Strong sense of place and of the characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

racheybee77'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

thecaptain's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

anthonypence'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry

karlo's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

_elin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

wenchpixie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

An excellent book - albeit it's sometimes a wee bit obvious that Douglas has lived stateside for so long and the editor was maybe not a Weegie either. Do heed the content warnings here, this is the story of someone with a dark, difficult childhood. I think there's probably a depth to this book that only comes when you speak the same language as the characters in the book, but it will still be a cracking read for those who aren't so blessed and just speak English

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Violence