Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

97 reviews

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

lostpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jurizprudence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

“ . . . you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people.”

so beautifully-written, brutal in its honesty, and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Racism, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Classism

sydneys_neverendingtbr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

I initially really didn't know how to rate this. I don't often read nonfiction; I've maybe read two other ones in my life. But there was something so 'whimsical' about this that it really sucked me in. The mix of second/third POV, writing styles, concepts, and real-life examples of queer abuse gave itself so well to the fever dream/fairy tale feel I believe the author was going for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

denteaste's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse