Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

90 reviews

shaylac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I don't read memoirs at all but for some reason reading the description on the back of the book made me want to read In the Dream House and it did not disappoint. At certain points in the book I would forget that it was based on the authors real life experience, I'm not sure if it was because the writing style was almost fantastical (like you're in a dream), so it didn't seem like it was real. In the Dream House is a tale of love, abuse, and navigating through a toxic relationship.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good emotional read that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster. The one thing I didn't like about this book was the title for each piece and how repetitive it is, I feel like it would be fine if it was named "Dream House as..." for the first part instead of having it as the title for each new "chapter".

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

amyelliot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

This book is reflective, heartbreaking, and informative. It taught me about queer history and the relationships and disfunctions that shaped our community today. It also tells the personal story of a queer woman dealing with domestic abuse and her mental state in a fragmented and fascinating way. I read it in days. I recommend this to all gay women! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

talking_heads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

jordynkw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

squidknees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Alcoholism, Self harm, Bullying, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Blood

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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

karelovesbooks's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

Memoir is of a relationship gone bad and a breakdown of the pieces within that relationship that form a pattern of psychological abuse. The author wraps in narrative tropes that are supported by film, fiction, queer history, and more. It was a very compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Blood

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

veeples's review against another edition

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