Reviews tagging 'Violence'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

170 reviews

mybetzfriend's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Violence, and Gaslighting

mackemau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

errie's review against another edition

challenging dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

cheyennedowls's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: Lesbophobia

jessmbark's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Biphobia, and Homophobia

zerinasahar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

readbycarina's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

carmentxx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

my second reread of this book and it is just impossible to not sit and reflect on the world in tears. machado is just so incredibly talented, you feel her excruciating pain, her debasement, humiliation, the unflinching trauma of a hidden domestic abuse. in the dream house is so good because machado provides a hidden archived memory. she provides us as much of the archived memory and invited us to think about how much is hidden- in this way, a form of un-memory- we are aware of how much memory is missing because we cannot even comprehend the extent of the memory. machado’s memoir is genre breaking, a historical and literary feat because she shows us the potential of how much is missing. there is so much missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

chloeanderson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

katiefreeman209's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol and Drug abuse