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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

163 reviews

carmentxx's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

my second reread of this book and it is just impossible to not sit and reflect on the world in tears. machado is just so incredibly talented, you feel her excruciating pain, her debasement, humiliation, the unflinching trauma of a hidden domestic abuse. in the dream house is so good because machado provides a hidden archived memory. she provides us as much of the archived memory and invited us to think about how much is hidden- in this way, a form of un-memory- we are aware of how much memory is missing because we cannot even comprehend the extent of the memory. machado’s memoir is genre breaking, a historical and literary feat because she shows us the potential of how much is missing. there is so much missing. 

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chloeanderson's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

3.5


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katiefreeman209's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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sydfay03's review

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

moving and beautifully written. i loved the metaphors and imagery in this. tells a story of abuse in a wlw relationship without holding back. and i especially liked how she added in historical context and current perspectives on abuse in LGBTQ relationships. a dark read but one that shines light on something not much discussed so im glad it was picked for book club so that i read it. 

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lydderbox's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5


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emgomersall's review

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challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Machado does such a good job of presenting the mind and the world of an abusive relationship. You both are horrified by what the woman in the dream house did and also understand and empathise with why Machado felt she had to stay. The pacing in short essays is also brilliant, describing different aspects of the relationship rather than presenting a strictly linear storyline. I also appreciated Machado adding in parts of wlw history, because, as she articulates, this history has gotten largely erased.

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mald626's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75


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vrhayes08's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0


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challenging dark emotional reflective tense

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toriauricht's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A harrowing but brilliant and vulnerable work of art. Machado is a spectacular writer!!

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