Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Na casa dos sonhos by Carmen Maria Machado

294 reviews

blackbird300's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

captainclark's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Toxic relationship

joensign's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Homophobia

jordanfrank182's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

I have never read another book like this. As someone who does not generally read a lot of non-fiction, I did not expect this book to grip me as hard as it did. Machado’s prose is unbelievable, her emotions and journey all palpably felt through the page. She seamlessly weaves together reality, works of fiction, and metaphor to illustrate her story as one in a long experience that has been going on for centuries. A must read for any AFAB person, but particularly those who might also exist at the intersections of race and/or queerness. The historic creators of the archive will not bury us forever. Stories like this one prove we can and will endure.

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Content Warnings

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

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is the most unique  memoir I have ever read. Brilliant, challenging, and harrowingly raw. I did not expect this non-linear shattering of perspective, dissecting events into many different genres and dissecting the genres themselves. Absolutely incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

breadbummer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

LOTS of literary/cultural references that flew way over my head, mainly in terms of "chapter" titles and, maybe it's because of the ADHD troubles when listening to an audiobook without text, but there were some passages that I was confused about how they related to the story. Otherwise, I'm speechless; horrifying events that were beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Blood

mariaisabelad's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a gorgeous memoir. Compulsively readable from start-to-finish, Machado's penchant for lyricism and horrific elements makes for a creative, unique interpretation of the nonfiction structure. Her ability to express the corrosion of a relationship into intimate partner violence while acknowledging the complications of abuse in a queer relationship made me reflect deeply on the language we use to understand violence. An essential read from one of my favorite authors working today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

michaelanormand's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

katreena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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