Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

439 reviews

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

It was surprisingly predictable and overly depressing but I still enjoyed it.  feels like a Romeo and Juliet retelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Death of parent

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

jfer17's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence

helenlikesbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abortion

chrisb's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Abortion, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Drug use

leekaufman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

poppymaud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, and Murder

crypticbutton's review against another edition

This book is just TOO much especially after the trigger warning:

The assault scene

There was no hope at all in the story and it was way too bogged down with despair that after that particular scene I lost interest in reading further. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

brandijo1321'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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Outing

alisasreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

i adore the way this book is written, yes its very sad and horrible things happen but stuart's writing is something that made me want to not put it down. i got so immerged into mungo's life that i felt like i knew him so well. its just gorgeous, its heavy and awful but so beautiful. im gonna be thinking about this story for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Classism