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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

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booksandbesitos's review against another edition

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4.75

A beautifully written memoir about an unfortunate and abusive relationship.

The symbolism of the dream house was very powerful and I loved how the chapters put the dream house as different things to explain the story. The short chapters made it a little easier to consume the heavy topics.
Every chapter is like fragments to show  the big picture. I think that other survivors of abuse can also relate to telling their stories in fragments at first. Until you’ve ready to tell the whole thing. 

Due to the nature of the story, the content in the book is very heavy. I encourage everyone to look at the content warnings before reading this. 


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abigailstone10's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0


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breadbummer's review against another edition

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4.5

LOTS of literary/cultural references that flew way over my head, mainly in terms of "chapter" titles and, maybe it's because of the ADHD troubles when listening to an audiobook without text, but there were some passages that I was confused about how they related to the story. Otherwise, I'm speechless; horrifying events that were beautifully written.

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buttercat42's review against another edition

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4.5

Somewhat difficult to get into at first, and then impossible to put down. I love the fragmented format and found it very readable. The writing was deliciously intelligent. An important queer story I didn’t know I needed. One quibble— of course I understand the importance of the more educational passsges at the end, but they felt poorly incorporated with the rest of the book. 

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scifi_rat's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.5


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maess's review against another edition

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

5.0


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remimicha's review against another edition

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4.25


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ramreadsagain's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced
(I no longer give star ratings to memoirs)

This was so well-written and Carmen's story will stay with me for a long time. 

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squidknees's review against another edition

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5.0


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karelovesbooks's review against another edition

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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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