A review by flykites
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Depression central, felt offput by the switching between past and present. His mother did my head in and then to send your child off with people you do not know at all like babes why you think they were so eager to take him off your hands. Really hope nothing happens to either Hamish or Mungo cause as soon as they discover these 2 bastards were on a registry they should shrug and say thanks for your fucking service. That bit where gallowgate is ringing home and his family helplessly say don’t do anything to the young boy drove me mad.  

I’m Irish and to hear stories about sectarian tension that is not just in the north is always interesting cause I know why people here are rife about it but don’t know why it’s big 8n Scotland too.

The men had looked at him as though they knew what lay inside his soul, things he still had not even admitted to himself. They knew the inescapable shame of it, how isolated it made him feel, and they had used that to separate him from his home and do as they pleased

I think that lil tidbit there hit me right in the stomach after Mungo has questioned what made him look gay effectively and what made these scum try prey on him specifically.
 


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