Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

104 reviews

ayoderable's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Tough read but so beautifully done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

maess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

remimicha's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

sapphothebittersweet's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

By far one of the best memoirs I have ever read. Considering I just finished the book, it will take me a while to be able to formulate an actual review and process everything that I just read, but right now I am speechless. Please read this book if you haven't already especially if you yourself have experienced domestic violence within a same-sex relationship and wish to feel seen and heard. This book does a phenomenal job explaining the nuance between lesbophobia, homophobia, and the very real reality that anyone of any gender or sexuality can be abused or be abusive to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

aus10england's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

jesus fking christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Misogyny

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. This book was written in such a unique short-snippet style that I have not seen before in a memoir. Machado is a masterful wordsmith, even when telling a devastating tale. Parts of this book resonated with me a lot, I think I will need to sit with it more before making a truly complete review.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Car accident, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

hunkydory's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

snowiceblackfruit77's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

veeples's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

The beautiful, dreamy prode Machado employs is a brilliant and sharp contrast to the devastation that she experiences. It reads like poetry, though it’s not. It’s fluid and heartbreaking and gorgeous, and I am so glad to have read it. If you are a queer person, and even if you’re not, I think it’s a valuable read as a narrative that describes a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship and how its just as harmful as a physically abusive one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Dementia, Car accident, and Body shaming