An innocent 15-year-old boy living in extreme poverty, with an alcoholic mother and a dysfunctional family, in the violent, gloomy, grim East End of Glasgow, falls in love and is forced to grow up.
Harrowing and tough, but also beautiful and honest.
Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart
8/10
Book Review: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
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http://georgelthomas.com/2024/02/16/book-review-young-mungo-by-douglas-stuart/
There are some books that I still finish as a bit of an endurance exercise - usually when they are beautifully written but just not for me.
My bestie & I do a weekly readalong and we found #YoungMungo a really hard slog. At times we contemplated #DNF as it’s so tense, such a toxic set up and unrelentingly miserable - but the writing allowed us to finish it and then - vitally - reach for another read with delight. Flying through #OurWivesUnderTheSea.
As I’m new to Mastodon, I thought I’d start to share some of my past posts since setting up my #blog
This was my first post for #youngmungo by #douglasstuart. I’ve used a #compassionfocusedtherapy based formulation to explore the character of Mungo. The full post can be found in my blog below:
*SPOILERS*
https://thepaperbackpsychologist.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/young-mungo-a-formulation/
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Here’s some examples of what I do here on this page. I’m a Clinical #psychologist and I use a psychological approach to explore some of my favourite characters from the #books I’ve read. So far I’ve written about #youngmungo and #shuggiebain by #douglasstuart, #theyoungteam by #graemearmstong, #toparadise by #hanyayanagihara and There’s #onlyonedannygarvey by #davidfross. My latest post is for the excellent #case63, a #spotify Original audio drama.
Full posts are on my blog (link in bio).
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