Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

24 reviews

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

Please read the content warnings before reading this book.

It's written well, and Mungo is a likable and sympathetic character (especially his autism, which I immediately related to). But overall this book is just too sad, dark, and upsetting to me. I didn't get enough out of it for the darkness to be worth it. I might have DNF'd it if it wasn't for a book club I'm hosting; the time pressure was my only real motivation to keep reading. I didn't even necessarily want to know what would happen, because I knew it wouldn't be good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Ableism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Abortion, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child death, Classism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Outing, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia

literarylion's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Pros:

• Really well-constructed and perfectly paced 
• Every character was so vivid and engaging
• Just a lovely story beautifully written

Cons:

• Could be a bit melodramatic at times 
• Injury descriptions were so intense as to be unbelievable in some cases 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Violence, Homophobia, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Drug use, Outing, and Hate crime

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mj_ontiveros's review

challenging hopeful sad 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: Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

euphemia's review

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, Religious bigotry, Violence, Rape, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts