#(young mungo)

[okaycoffees]

if i had a penny for everytime i had my heart broken by a book with themes of sexuality and addiction in which the main character is an extremely abused boy with disabilities who is named after a saint i would have two pennies, which isn't alot but its weird that it happened twice

[tabsnaomi]

(succession, episode 10: with open eyes / young mungo, chapter six)

[100-great-books]

[orangesandblues]

[dreamertrilogys]

he’s so….

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

just finished reading young mungo. it's one of those books that'll live with me forever. douglas stuart knows where all my bruises are; he prodded them with gentle fingers, then told me to go out in the world with my wounds raw

[steelycunt]

PLEASE

[carrotcakecrumble]

James and Mungo with the happy ending they deserve 😤

(For @selfconsciousfangirl <33 for being so patient with me shdjd)

[bluebrrsnmtint]

I started this drawing in December after reading Young Mungo but due to a lot of stuff happening I wasn’t able to finish it. I don’t like that much how it turned out, I wasn’t really feeling it but I loved that book so much and it has a special place in my heart so I really wanted to post the final result

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

[steampunkhobo]

…I think I’m gonna have to make a Young Mungo side blog

[okaycoffees]

a very lucky friday the thirteenth!!

i've been wanting to have my own copies of these books for ages, and i found them both on sale!! young mungo is signed nonetheless

[drumlincountry]

Girl. I would have to disagree.

[fine-not-alright]

reader ... I yelled

[brain-squid]

Just finished Young Mungo by Douglass Stuart and I’m just blown away,, I have lost all ability to form coherent thoughts but one thing I will say is that I’m mad that its described as a Romeo and Juliet like story. Obviously the Protestant/Catholic conflict is a major part of the story but its also so much more than that? Its an incredibly family oriented Queer coming of age story about a young gay boy finding himself in the violently homophobic world. Its about violence, bigotry, the working class and how 80s and 90s British politics destroyed generations of working class families, and most of all its about a young boy who’s been ostracized from society for his differences, and forcefully molled by his family to be whatever they need from him, choosing for himself who he is. Its Just so Much and if it becomes “Romeo & Juliet but gay” I will strangle someone and I will not be sorry.

[dreamertrilogys]

crazy