Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

2 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

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

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

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