Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

6 reviews

billie's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book is truly devastating, but I will never forget audibly gasping at the brilliance of the chose your own adventure chapter

so smart so captivating recommend to everyone who is maybe gay and maybe a little fucked up 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body horror

litliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body horror, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, Racism, and Gun violence

kes813's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read and I don’t need to say much. This book is everything. It meets nonfictional analysis with personal trauma essay with magical realism fairytale. It’s incredibly cathartic, twisted in the most imaginative way, and brilliantly insightful. This book is a must read. I only warn those who are sensitive to very graphic descriptions about abuse and general fictional horror/gore. I believe this book can heal many, but could risk pouring salt water into an open wound if freshly grieving from an abusive relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

mpurdy's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was a devastating book about a abusive relationship. Told in fragments of memories. I loved the experimental style and thought her writing style was duper fluid. I got through this book so quickly as the chapters are short and leave you wanting to get through some of the harder sections. But it added so much to the experience because it was like you were trying to escape the relationship with her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Body horror, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

This book deals with an extremely important topic that needs to be voiced and discussed. That said, as a piece of work itself, I liked it so-so. 

I did not get along with the narrative structure, I found the rapid-fire succession of chapters (supposed to show different genres and narrative styles) too much disjointed and confusing. The writing style is a bit too much experimental for me.

I liked much more the chapters that were "essay-like", exploring queer history and theory. However, I think that this mixing of informative chapters together with more literary and elaborately written ones was a bit jarring, it felt like two different books mashed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Gun violence, Medical content, Drug abuse, Torture, Cursing, Car accident, Biphobia, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Bullying, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Dementia

mallory10100's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

wow this book was amazing. heartbreaking yet quick. i highly recommend. i really liked the unique format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

this book really doesn’t feel like non fiction, but it’s a chilling true story and i highly recommend it