Reviews tagging 'Grief'

En la casa de los sueños by Carmen Maria Machado

67 reviews

chalbu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief and Biphobia

catatlanta's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

sahramahtab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Machado writes stunningly. No other word does her talent justice. “In the Dream House,” uses incredibly interesting literary devices and the conceptualization of the dream/house is brilliant. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book, just beware it’s written in the second person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Grief

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

lanaaa21's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Domestic abuse

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

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This memoir resonated with me in numerous ways. The eloquence and intelligence with which Machado writes is so fucking perfect. She is real and honest in dark ways that most people are too afraid to even think even though it's such a human way of thinking. Her abuse unfolds like thorns digging into your sides, thorns you cannot reach to remove. You have to get through it though, to reassure yourself that she mentally and physically escapes the dream house. Phenomenal and powerful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Grief, and Lesbophobia

ninaszewczyk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

jordanleigh321's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief