Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

114 reviews

annika_j's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

rebecca_cant_read's review

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

lizard800's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, and Addiction

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Sexism, Abortion, and Outing

jasminrain's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

This book shattered me but it's also one of the best books I've read in a while. It's a brilliant, yet extremely heavy description of what it was like to grow up queer and working class in Glasgow. One should definitely check the content warnings before reading this book as it's a very challenging read at times. and it touches upon so many different forms of hardship. At the same time, I think it's a brilliant description of queer love, poverty and what life in Scotland was like back in the day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual harassment, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Addiction, Death, Rape, Blood, Homophobia, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

birdbeakbeast'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

stackedboxes's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is absolutely heartbreaking at times but it is simultaneously beautiful.

Be warned though, this book does contain sexual assault and abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, Classism, Pregnancy, and Violence

em_h_ma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

cristian13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

raisinreads's review

dark emotional sad

I, too, hate John Donne

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

isaiahh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

holy fucking shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death