Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

124 reviews

bebidocrimes's review

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

This feels like it should be required reading for every young queer person. It really expresses the importance of breaking the utopian lense with which we regard queer relationships. It feels especially poignant to me as someone who sees herself as less desirable and has accepted whatever attention she could get in the past. 

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alexijai98's review

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emotional slow-paced

5.0

Beautifully written and a modern classic of queer writing.

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randiroo's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0


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christina85's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0


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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Second person perspective, if you don’t like don’t read.

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booksandbesitos's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A beautifully written memoir about an unfortunate and abusive relationship.

The symbolism of the dream house was very powerful and I loved how the chapters put the dream house as different things to explain the story. The short chapters made it a little easier to consume the heavy topics.
Every chapter is like fragments to show  the big picture. I think that other survivors of abuse can also relate to telling their stories in fragments at first. Until you’ve ready to tell the whole thing. 

Due to the nature of the story, the content in the book is very heavy. I encourage everyone to look at the content warnings before reading this. 


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handful_of_frogs's review

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challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75


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misoreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0


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rjaxn's review

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emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5


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iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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