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pressedlupine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
hannahbanana98's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
fayemomodu's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
clovetra's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
jazhandz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, 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: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ellornaslibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Infidelity and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury
mmccue1997's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting
sarah_hutchins's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia