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En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

91 reviews

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A beautifully written memoir detailing the author’s personal experiences in a same sex abusive relationship. Interwoven amidst  haunting scenes, is the author’s research into the history of same sex abusive relationships. The mix of personal experience and extensive research was a perfect blend for this addictive memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

voidcrawler's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

triple_m's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The message was good but I felt the writing was pretentious at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

mkwreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

thequeenofsheba3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Mental illness

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - I am so glad I caught the review of this book on instagram as it just captured my interest completely and got me actively seeking this book for my shelves. I was captivated from page one and throughout Carmen's raw openness and thought processes just kept me reading. I haven't read a memoir like this before, the way she casts her eye over different things through the lens of her own experience. The subject matter of queer domestic abuse, particularly female on female, is a subject matter I have never seen actively written about in such intricacy and depth, and I am glad Carmen had the strength to open this conversation wide into the world. Because why is it so I comprehensible that abuse in a lesbian relationship can and indeed does happen, just like any relationship between two people regardless of gender. A thought provoking read that i whole heartedly recommend - I will be seeking out more of Carmen's recommendations as I feel this is a subject matter whose surface has only just been scratched! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence