Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

385 reviews

brattyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abortion, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

commiebeatle's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Child abuse, Blood, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexism

aldow94's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Violence, Rape, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

milou125's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

owcase's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

kayarosee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This was a hard and heartbreaking book to read. I resonated a lot with the character of Jodie as an older sister myself and saw my younger brother in the main character Mungo. It took me a lot longer to read than many other books this year. But a heart-wrenching novel. I would call this the more depressing, more poverty-stricken “Call Me by Your Name”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Alcohol, Murder, Homophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

amygower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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: Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Homophobia, Hate crime, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

thaliaw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Murder, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Hate crime

Minor: Animal cruelty

rattus_rattus's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism

wizardjenkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault