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This book was harder to read than Young Mungo I thought!

a_n_i_t_a wrote: "This book was harder to read than Young Mungo I thought!"

Yea I’m feeling the same for sure 🥲🥲🥲🥲 I jus fkn hate every character and my heart is so broken for their lives, and the abuse in mungo felt “heavily implied” until the fuckery went down in the end, this was jus straight up like…. Oh I know you barely know shuggie but he’s 11 and I’m going to sexually assault him now on page 🤢🤢🤢
Definitely finding this one a lot harder! 😭

I read this a while ago - 2021 and didn’t write a review. But I remember needing to take breaks from it. I think because Shuggie is so young and his whole story is just so fucking tragic.

Ugh that's why I'm staying far away from this one, I like emotionally devastating stories once in a while, but I have to see a glimmer of hope, and to have an on-page SA of a child at 75 percent?? That's not what I want to see in my books T_T seems like this author isn't pulling any punches, yikes. Is there even a possibility of a hopeful ending??

a_n_i_t_a wrote: "I read this a while ago - 2021 and didn’t write a review. But I remember needing to take breaks from it. I think because Shuggie is so young and his whole story is just so fucking tragic."

I literally feel every day that I need a break from this 😅😅😅 so that is a valid feeling to remember hahahaha and it is just so heartbreaking and tragic and gross but well written, but it’s disgusting. Agnes is a disgusting waste of space, but she’s had a fucked life. But poor shuggie omgggg I can’t handle all this child neglect 😭

Teru wrote: "Ugh that's why I'm staying far away from this one, I like emotionally devastating stories once in a while, but I have to see a glimmer of hope, and to have an on-page SA of a child at 75 percent?? ..."

Honestly, stay away from them ahahha. I can’t recommend to do that enough for your own brain. Even though the books are well written, it’s so insanely depressing that I’m finding it hard to continue. And every time the author gives you one drop of THE IDEA of happiness…. It’s ripped away from you x 300.
And I can’t see there being a HEA… with what’s happening… kinda the same happens in young mungo to, it’s like an open ended “hopeful” ending… and it was awful, so I’m expecting this to be the same or similar tbh hahahaha 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

I liked Young Mungo, despite it being horrific and bleak, but I really couldnt get on with this book at all, i couldn't find anything redeeming in it. A really sad slog.

ya that sounds horrible to me and is shuggie the name of the character because bless his heart

Joanna wrote: "I liked Young Mungo, despite it being horrific and bleak, but I really couldnt get on with this book at all, i couldn't find anything redeeming in it. A really sad slog."

Oh god, you have just killed me 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 I’m suffering for nothing omg I’m so upset aggagaga
I liked young mungo too even though it was depressing, I still enjoyed it and cried. But this one is fkn rough in a bad way 😭😭😭

Jamie wrote: "ya that sounds horrible to me and is shuggie the name of the character because bless his heart"

Yesssssss shuggie is the young boy 😭😭😭 he’s so sweet and he just loves his mum so much even though she’s an evil awful neglectful chnt of a parent 😭😭😭😭😭