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weirdow's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcohol
Minor: Drug abuse and Physical abuse
kylarcahalan's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Homophobia
pressedlupine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
hannahbanana98's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
fayemomodu's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
clovetra's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy
jazhandz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
smm122132's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
Moderate: Fatphobia
klsreads's review against another edition
5.0
I've never read anything quite like this - I loved the vignette narrative structure. The book moved quickly because most sections were short. A couple of the tropes dragged on for me/didn't hit 100%, but I was enthralled and could hardly put it down. A few standouts for me - "Dream House as Deja Vu" (x3), "Dream House as Queer Villainy" (!!!), "Dream House as Bluebeard", "Dream House as the River Lethe", "Dream House as Choose Your Own Adventure" ...... ok, I have to stop or I'm going to quote half of this work.
Even more wild: I was in Iowa City as an undergrad during the events of this book. Did I see Carmen and the Woman from the Dream House at a coffee shop, at Obama's speech, in a bookstore? It makes me shiver, the ways people suffer out of view.
Brilliant. Carmen Maria Machado is an absolute force and a genius of prose and innovative structure. I HIGHLY recommend this book, but mind the CW's. Machado doesn't shy away from the gore at the heart of her story.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Biphobia, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence
ellornaslibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Infidelity
Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury