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I've been thinking about this book since it came out, and I'm so glad I finally read it. Machada's use of the dream house throughout the book was an extra layer to telling the story, and the vignette style made it move quickly and left you wanting to read more. This is such an important addition to the canon of queer relationships and domestic abuse.
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This book was so incredibly good! It interspersed deep reflections on queerness and abuse along with the author’s own story, enriching the narrative tremendously.
I loved the structure of this book as well, using different narrative tropes and devices to portray each individual chapter. It even had a Choose Your Own Adventure segment!
Would HIGHLY recommend if you’re looking for an innovative memoir that will also tug heavily at your heartstrings
I loved the structure of this book as well, using different narrative tropes and devices to portray each individual chapter. It even had a Choose Your Own Adventure segment!
Would HIGHLY recommend if you’re looking for an innovative memoir that will also tug heavily at your heartstrings
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A woman hid my thing and I can’t find it again. That’s just how it is. I cannot find what’s missing. I am trying and trying, and I cannot; as I fail, I shrink. I shrink down into dirt, wood, worms.
It is an awful thing, that missing symbol. Folks know. Folks can pick up on words of rock. Folks will know you for your wounds, your missing skin. Folks say nothing but Why didn’t you go / Why didn’t you run / Why didn’t you say?
(Also: Why did you stay?)
I try to say, but I fail and fail and fail. This is what I did not know until now: this constraint taints. It is poison. All day and night, until I ran, I was drinking poison.
It’s not that I can’t write about it—it’s that the book has already said everything, perfectly, terribly, and true.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
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bowled over.
emotionally—painful, hard to read, empathetic, and complex.
intellectually/creatively—a genuinely enjoyable read because the writing style was so fascinating and rich and thoughtful and clever.
a true five star book.
emotionally—painful, hard to read, empathetic, and complex.
intellectually/creatively—a genuinely enjoyable read because the writing style was so fascinating and rich and thoughtful and clever.
a true five star book.
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Beautifully written but painful to read, at some point my emotions just turned off completely for a day.