Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

680 reviews

its_eel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

v_vian_ne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia

bridge_to_narnia's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

The frame in which this memoir is written feels incredibly unique. These short paragraphs/snippets are written in 1st POV, 2nd POV, as a straightforward moment, as introspection, as a cyclical poetry callback mirroring previous thoughts, as a quote or exploration of a personal experience through documented moments outside — everything a transformative work derived from a harrowing experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

fairyollie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

oh wow. very heartbreaking, reflective, so very well-done. how is it possible to review and criticize someone's own life, their experience?

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Content Warnings

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

scr1bblecat's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infidelity

jaamajam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

A beautiful, powerful memoir on abuse within wlw relationships, written unbelievably poetically

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

lauraloo627's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Lesbophobia

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Very unique writing style.
The many short vignettes showcasing different moments of her life and her relationship with the dream house woman partly through layered metaphors worked very well for me.
Particularly loved the use of footnotes and I'm glad that I didn't opt for the audiobook because they apparently omit them.
Will probably reread this at some point, I think it's a book that might profit from a reread, going in with all the information you have from the first read through

 

The repetition of "Deja Vu" sections and the choose your own adventure chapter were very haunting highlights of the book.

 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, and Fatphobia