Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

60 reviews

lizziereads608d5's review

I found this book really hard to get into, and i tried to continue with it even when i thought about giving up on it but once shuggies wife moved and he left her i gave up as i really wanted a happy ending for her and her children. Glasgow is a tough city to grow up in if you live in the 'wrong' part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jessicasibeal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Bullying

ambersbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Definitely not an easy read by any means, and you don’t hear a lot of Shuggie’s voice until the second half. Fully character-driven. Broken family. A lot of trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

leonineliterature's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Not necessarily a great read but captivating because I needed to know how it would end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia and Religious bigotry

zoreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

harrietvane's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Rape, and Suicide

kbc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

myhomextheroad's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Excrement, Racism, and Racial slurs

emilistevenson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Religious bigotry

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Shuggie Bain is sad, but there’s so much more to it than that.  Hugh “Shuggie” Bain is different—he’s gentle and polite and lonely, a poor boy growing up in 1980’s Glasgow.  His glamorous mother, Agnes, is an alcoholic, but she embodies her dignity when she needs it most.  In one notably humorous scene, she drunkenly collects her son from his good-for-nothing father, upon checking herself out of the psych ward, and breaks the windows of his house while neighborhood boys whoop and holler at her boldness.  Shuggie runs to his savior and clings to her with unconditional love.  Eventually, he and his mother pledge to be “brand new” upon moving back into the city—she’ll stop drinking and Shuggie will be “normal.”  But no matter how many football statistics he memorizes, Shuggie will never be like other boys, and his mother will never stop drinking.  Their relationship is beautiful and overflowing with love, deeply humanizing those who struggle with substance abuse.  I’ll never forget Shuggie Bain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape and Infidelity