Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

129 reviews

booksandbesitos's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

handful_of_frogs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

misoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

rjaxn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia and Drug abuse

vrhayes08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, Stalking, Alcohol, and Biphobia

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

pinkbunnyy's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I read a lot of books and even my fair share of memoirs but I can honestly say I've never read something like this before. Yes, it chronicles the author's experience in an abuse relationship but the book itself is constructed in such a way it feels like you are reading something completely unique and new. Machado had to invent a way to share her story and we the readers are lucky to get to read it. If this one wasn't on your radar, it should be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body horror, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, Racism, and Gun violence

blackbird300's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief