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En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

91 reviews

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

amberghinii's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

love book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

rainbowcerberus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Dementia

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

floatinthevoid's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I still have a lump in my throat as I write this review, because on god, this book took me to a rollercoaster of emotions. Brilliant and poignant writing, thorough research, and the kind of book that really brings out your empathy. You can tell that Carmen Maria Machado has a lot of compassion while writing this, she wants to reveal the ugly truth of queer abusive relationship, but she also wants to tell others who might find themselves in similar situations that there's hope, that someone will believe you. This so hard-hitting for me who has been in a toxic relationship, i think i will cry again while reading some of the quotes that hit too close to home. This book is an important read for everyone. The writing style is easy to digest, although caution is very much needed.

"A reminder to remember: just because the sharpness of the sadness has faded does not mean that it was not, once, terrible. It means only that time and space, creatures of infinite girth and tenderness, have stepped between the two of you, and they are keeping you safe as they were once unable to."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia and Lesbophobia

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

heartsandthumbs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

The author is brave for telling her story. I don’t love her style of writing, but it is not for me to say that her style is wrong. The story is hers and so is the way she tells it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

catatlanta's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

aproudmc13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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