Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

337 reviews

_jmstone_'s review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

readwithev's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Loved this! It was insightful, reflective, and emotionally cutting. Machado utilizes second person to so well, i felt uncomfortable and affronted in many scenes. It is painful and fair warning this book is triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

karie's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

handful_of_frogs's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

aymboi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

(no rating since it's a memoir)

The book is about the author's abusive queer relationship and I think she did a good job detailing these experiences in an emotional and reflective way while also talking about how abuse in queer relationships is often overlooked in society. 
The structure is different from other books I have read and it made this very hard to put down. I will probably be thinking about this for a while and I definitely recommend it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

mald626's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Vomit, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

ejspiese's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I felt so seen listening to this, such a poetically beautiful prose with such meaningful content 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

julieriley99's review

emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

melted_books's review

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

An exquisitely crafted memoir. Lyrical, evocative, poignant, vulnerable. Listening to the audiobook, narrated by the author herself, is mesmerizing as you absorb the multidimensionality of Machado's experiences being psychologically and emotionally abused. Machado's choice to tell her story using various narrative tropes was boldly creative, and it is the main reason why this is a standout memoir to me. I had not read anything quite like this before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse

abigailstone10's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Biphobia, Blood, Grief, and Homophobia