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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

56 reviews

montyalmoro's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

georgiaelizabethg's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Outing, and Sexual harassment

gorejoyous's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

kathrynmaclean_'s review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

marioncromb's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Police brutality, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Violence, and Pregnancy

crypticbutton's review against another edition

This book is just TOO much especially after the trigger warning:

The assault scene

There was no hope at all in the story and it was way too bogged down with despair that after that particular scene I lost interest in reading further. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

amelianotthepilot's review

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

another sad queer story

really well written interesting story about a young queer man in Scotland growing up a rough neighborhood of Glasgow. The story jumps between two timelines of him growing up and facing consequences. Characters are loveable and intricate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

helenab18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use

jackabybarsby's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

snowydaze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.0

I received an audiobook copy of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Overall, I enjoyed some parts of the book, but I felt that most of it dragged on quite a bit. This made it very difficult to get into the book and get to know the characters in any meaningful way. Additionally at times, it seemed like Mungo did things that seem uncharacteristic of him or contradicted what his character was made out to be like. 
I also found that most of the feminine characters were treated and acted the same way besides a handful of them. I understand that their actions represent the truth of what can occur in some instances, but the way these issues are discussed and treated in the book comes across negatively. 
I also feel like this book should include some form of a trigger warning list as there are numerous things I would have loved a warning about regardless of the effects knowing about it would have on the story. Therefore, I highly recommend looking up a trigger warning list before reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Abortion