Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Das Archiv der Träume by Carmen Maria Machado

141 reviews

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

madsmccray's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

Machado has such a poetic way of writing prose, which is one of my favorite things about reading her work. This memoir is written like no other I've encountered, and it's easy to understand why: in telling sharing her own experience of domestic abuse, Machado is pushing against cultural notions that women cannot hurt each other, that abuse only comes from men, and if queer women admit their queer women partners have hurt them, then they're damaging the community's reputation. In the Dream House does an excellent job grappling with All Of That and more. I've read many stories that feature abuse (both nonfiction and fiction) and none have so radically changed my perception of it as this book has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, and Dementia

theshrew's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

pobaw24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

literally_mint's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

chalbu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia and Grief

melmoony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

A haunting and terrible tale about domestic abuse. Machado writes about her own experience being in a queer relationship and going through the ups of falling in love and finding who she really is juxtaposed with the downs of being gaslighted and abused. It read like a fever dream, each chapter a disjointed exploration of “the dream house.” I’ve never read a memoir like this and is the only book I’ve read of hers, yet you can tell she is a poet because of the lyrical style of her prose. I cannot say I enjoyed it in a true sense, but I think her writing is lyrical, her voice is unique, and that more discussions about same-sex domestic abuse and across all relationship types should be had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting