Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

68 reviews

leahcatching's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

priceliketag's review

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

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

hmmckelvie's review

dark emotional sad

• 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

jessi_s's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

madread8's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Animal cruelty

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

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

audrxyg's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

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

potterpav's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

i waited 11 months to read this book in soft cover , and i am so glad i did because if i had read it last year , i wouldn’t have had the mind to appreciate it as much as i can now . this book made me cry , made me feel sick and made me put it down in hopes that when i picked it back up again the words might change . this is a rare book where i feel the hope of the main characters is tangible , and even though mungo had no reason to think james would ever see him again , he still used his hope to get him through the worst weekend of his life . douglas stewart is one of the best writers of this generation , so yes i will be crying at this until i can see again . thank you mungo and thank you james

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

Moderate: Xenophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion and Animal cruelty