Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Na casa dos sonhos by Carmen Maria Machado

204 reviews

greyys_libraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Machado's memoir is beautiful and brave, using creative a creative style in order to tell her story of abuse in a relationship with another woman.

Abuse among queer women is often overlooked and this book seeks remedy that with its portrayal of a real relationship and anecdotes about how queer people are expected to be better than cishet people in order to deserve rights, even though in reality we're human and humans are messy. I liked how Machado didn't just stick to her own story and also discussed the history of abuse cases between women and how lesbian rights movements dealt with it, adding to the educational element of the book.

The prose really elevates the story, making it feel more stream of conscious. This helped highlight the emotions one feels when dealing with abuse as Machado shows how she feels rather than tells. For example, Machado never refers to her abuser by name but rather as "the woman in the dream house." This makes her abuser feel inhuman which is a very real feeling victims can have and ties the abuse to a specific place which showcases how PTSD is often tied to physical places. Along with the stream of consciousness, the story is disjointed purposely. Leaping from memories about the relationship to synopses of TV show episodes that work as metaphors on abuse to history about queer women and abuse. This worked well for the vibes but at times made the narrative difficult to follow and understand.

In the Dream House is going on my list of powerful memoirs I'd recommend and by far one of the most creative I've read! I'd especially recommend it for people interested in learning about domestic abuse (especially what it's like between queer women) and the trauma it causes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Misogyny

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

ally_reads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

aimnorth's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is an important, informative, heart breaking, and poignant look at abuse inside of lesbian relationships. So much of what the author shares is tough to swallow and gives an inside look on what it's like to be stuck in a cycle you can't recognize and then can't find a way to get out of. 

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Content Warnings

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

kell_xavi's review against another edition

3.0

Some sections of this book are witty and brash, concisely metaphoric in ways that tell the reader something important they can hold on to; other sections are slow, pedantic, or they delve into ideas and events that aren’t as revealing as Machado believes. The vignette style makes the writing piecework at times, the dual history of a personal nature and history of lesbian domestic abuse cutting across each other without coming together. The note to Machado’s partner in the acknowledgments, which reads, “I’d do it all again, baby. It brought me you,” was an uncomfortable closure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Infidelity