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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

3 reviews

oscarlavista's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Reading Young Mungo was like slowly moving your hand closer and closer to a hot stove; You know it's going to hurt, it's probably going to leave a mark, you might cry, but at the end of that you're going to have learned something even if it was the most painful way to learn. It's tense, stomach knotting writing that was an unbelievable joy to read even if it hurt the entire time. 

It's simply a masterpiece. I've not read anything like this before and I will probably never read anything like it again. It's the best worst time I've ever had. Now I'm off to have a good cry 😢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Pedophilia, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest and Self harm

lrose's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Incest

collie98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Outing, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Police brutality, and Abortion