Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

94 reviews

hannaheiserman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Grief

adam_nie's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Carmen Maria Machado is an incredible writer. Dream House is one of the best books I've ever read. As a primarily before-bedtime reader, Dream House made it hard for me to get to sleep most nights.

Dream House centers on patterns of emotional abuse and manipulation, specifically within a queer relationship, that often hit too close to home for me. For anyone worried about starting the book for similar reasons, I can only say that Machado looks after her readers. The book is painful, but not callously so.

From a style standpoint, Dream House may hold the record for my favorite use of dramatic footnotes—and I love dramatic footnotes! The way Machado references the Thompson Motif-Index of Folk Literature is nothing short of showstopping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

eoghannnivall's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

embervleo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Bullying, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Car accident

lizardbaby53's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

animalsmals's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Biphobia

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

wow this book was amazing. heartbreaking yet quick. i highly recommend. i really liked the unique format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

this book really doesn’t feel like non fiction, but it’s a chilling true story and i highly recommend it

rashi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I have found it difficult to put this narrative into words. All I can say is that I really felt it, not just the big bad stuff but all those small moments that seem to tally up into your psyche and be the most difficult parts to shake. I’m grateful for her willingness to share. For some reason I can’t rate this 5 stars and I’m not sure why.

Update: this has been moved to a 5 star rating out of sheer will, because I don’t know what else to do with my thoughts about it. Will have to read it again and maybe revise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying

ulmaridae's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

"You were not always just a you. I was whole, a symbiotic relationship between my best and worst parts, and then, in one sense of the definition, I was cleaved. A neat lob that took First Person, that assured confident woman, the girl detective, the adventurer, away from the Second, who was always anxious and vibrating like a too-small breed of dog."

"Even the enduring symbol of queerness, the rainbow, is a promise not to repeat an act of supreme violence by a capricious and rageful god. 'I won't flood the whole world again, it was a one-time thing, I swear. Do you trust me?' And the later, a threat: 'The next time motherfuckers, it will be fire'."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Biphobia

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence