Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

92 reviews

chaotic_bibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

matigiuro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

doloroso, solo questo

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Content Warnings

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

colorsinautumn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Violence

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Rape, Biphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was so easy to consume and so upsetting to digest. Carmen Maria Machado has gorgeous way of defining and then sharing horrifying truths. The sections reflecting on the love of her friends and the people who valued around her was beautiful. I had to take a few breaks while reading this, but I'm glad I did, and I appreciate the shared resources at the end of the book and citations throughout, giving further information and history for queer domestic violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Pregnancy

carriewnettles's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

kds's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts

aproudmc13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racism, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Outing, Rape, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Drug use

painausten314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

“We deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity.”

This memoir examines and exposes domestic abuse in lesbian relationships and queer relationships overall. The writing made me feel all the right things at the right moments, and left me feeling her relief as she brought her story to its close. It is weird to say that someone can write about something as ugly as abuse in a beautiful way, but Machado does.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

ambamsaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Body shaming