Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

168 reviews

blymanor's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, and Abandonment

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

always_scrolling's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

bchantele15's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicidal thoughts

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jujuwithbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

atthehuskinbee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming and Lesbophobia

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

A memoir filled with beautiful metaphors, analogies and cross-boundaries genres and experimentation. Despite being a brief read, the contents of the book makes it harder to consume it in one sitting. The book mainly deals and details an abusive relationship between two queer women, how it starts, develops, how it destroys her but is unable to bolt, and the long-lasting effects of trauma due to said abuse. It is horrifying but highly important as, stated by the author in the book, there aren't many sources that discuss this topic and show light in how, no matter which type of relationship you are (poly, monogamous, same-sex, opposite-sex, etc), abuse is abuse and can happen and has happened. I am glad we are at a time in which we can discuss these topics among the community.

The gaslighting, the jealousy, controlling behaviour, abusive patterns, "happy" moments to overcompensate, the physicial, emotional and sexual harrassment, the consequences... they are all difficult themes to tackle and read, but Carmen María Machado does a marvelous job.

My only complaint is that i'm not the biggest fan of the second person pov in books. Nonetheless, a harrowing, necessary read!

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Content Warnings

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