Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

113 reviews

rose_reads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

What an interesting listen! It took me quite a while to get into the book and some parts were quite slow but overall it was a really good book. Definitely check the content/trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Animal death, Torture, Classism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Animal cruelty

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

A Glaswegian version of A Little Life. So sad, so painful, almost cried and had it been longer I probably would have cried — then again the book felt a bit dragging at times, so I'm glad it wasn't longer (and honestly my heart wouldn't have been able to take it either).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Grief

tarsier's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

✨ Gifted ✨

This book took me a little while to get into initially, but once I was about 25% in I was ready to invest. I spent a LOT of time thinking about this book.
There are many content warnings that are required, so if any of those below upset you please do not read.

What a deeply draining book! I came away and breathed a sigh of relief, because Mungo went through a LOT. 
I can’t imagine having lived through a period like that, and yet Douglas Stuart wrote this in such a way that you could see everything and understand all that Mungo endured.
Maureen was by far the most complex character I felt; there could be a book written about her too!

Lots of love for Mungo, James Jodie and surprisingly Calum? ❤️ I wasn’t expecting the feature from him towards the end 🥹

4 out of 5 stars from me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Pedophilia, and Rape

eviejayne's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Another heartbreaking and challenging book from Stuart that brims with painful, beautiful prose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

dontwanthvn's review against another edition

challenging emotional

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

doramag's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Rape, Physical abuse, Outing, and Domestic abuse

babymoomoocow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

This is a heartbreaking book. Douglas Stuart writes characters so real you easily get sucked into the book. You really just want to hug Mungo and tell him it'll be okay and that he should run away with James. But life really isn't like that and neither is this book. 

This book is definitely a book you're gonna want trigger warnings for because it's not for the faint of heart. 

I was listening to the audiobook as I read the physical copy and I think that's ideal because you hear the glaswegian accent and how things flow. It makes for a much better reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Classism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

klaloha's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, and Bullying

lauraevelyn's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Addiction, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Sexual content