Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

140 reviews

rainbowobsidian's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

BRUTAL.
And stunning. 
Definitely required reading breaks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Religious bigotry

danidamico's review against another edition

Me da un poco de pena abandonar este libro habiendo llegado al 65%, pero creo que un aspecto clave a la hora de disfrutar las lecturas es aprender a soltarlas cuando las ganas de seguir no están. Hace tiempo que tenía muchas ganas de leer a Douglas Stuart y estaba ilusionada, sin embargo, debo decir que no me gustó mucho lo que leí. No sé exactamente a qué se debe, pero estoy bastante cansada de leer ficción cuyo único objetivo parece ser impactar al lector con unos niveles de sufrimiento y violencia que terminan por tener el efecto contrario a conmoverme. Es tan tremenda la secuencia de cosas terribles que le pasan a Mungo en esta novela que llega un punto en el que me genera rechazo seguir leyendo, me resulta morboso leer 400 páginas sobre la explotación de un chico de 15 años. El único mérito literario que le encontré a la novela es el uso del dialecto de Glasgow, siempre me resulta interesante el trabajo con la oralidad, sobre todo cuando se sale de lo que es considerado "correcto" y les da el espacio a las voces que suelen ser empujadas a los márgenes. Lamentablemente, más allá de eso, no encontré nada que me produjera el deseo de continuar con la lectura. Sinceramente me pregunto cuál es el punto de presenciar esta seguidilla de pedofilia, abusos sexuales y violencia. ¿Para qué? También la manera en la que se aborda el tema de la violencia de género es muy cuestionable, cómo aparecen retratadas las mujeres en esta historia y demás. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

mai_books27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book took me by the throat and broke my heart and i still couldn't put it down. The storytelling is atmospheric and phenomenal, the characters are so tangible and human. I cannot recommend this book enough, but due to the weight of the subject matter it's one you have to pick up in your own time. A new favorite, for sure. Violen  but soft and loving, this book is worth every penny. Please read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

jaiari12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tashmachin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Excrement

sarajain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I want to begin with some serious trigger warnings.  GRAPHIC rape scenes. If you are a victim of abuse or SA, please read with caution. The writing was incredibly detailed during these scenes. I'm honestly suprised most reviews don't even mention this issue.  It's pretty disturbing to read and I struggled to complete this book.

The rest of the content is fine, it's very relatable as a queer story,  the alienation, the bullying, the danger of being a gay teen is well captured. The characters are well written and I enjoyed the snippets of humour throughout.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

priceliketag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I am going to have to pore over this with a pencil. 10/10, cried a few times, prose is beautiful I need to write a full review 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Abandonment

elliott_duncann's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

rebecca_cant_read's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism