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aprilsbookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
Am I missing something? I must be missing something. 2.5 stars.
fernandadiesel's review
5.0
As a general rule memoir's are harder to read, because knowing it is a true story makes it more painful and you are hyper aware that it is a real world problem/situation. In the dream house is no exception, if anything it is even more difficult to read because of the themes dealt with.
Carmen Maria Machado's writing is phenomenal, her ability to tell such a painful story in an engaging way is amazing.
It definitely deserves all the praise it got, but it's definitely not a easy book to read.
Carmen Maria Machado's writing is phenomenal, her ability to tell such a painful story in an engaging way is amazing.
It definitely deserves all the praise it got, but it's definitely not a easy book to read.
bbrillie's review
5.0
literally what could i say that hasn’t already been said? devastating important, spectacular, and necessary read.
erks's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The author found a unique way of reflecting and documenting her personal experience in a queer abusive relationship, and pulled it off beautifully. Her raw, devastating, and poetic writing shows off the author's strength in taking writing tropes and genres and using it to dissect her experiences, and make her own archive about a narrative that is traditionally dominated by straight, cis white men
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse