Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Das Archiv der Träume by Carmen Maria Machado

83 reviews

heartbrekker's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was amazing and Carmen’s story telling ways is just remarkable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

cemeterygay's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

I cannot sing the praises of this book enough, It is such a hauntingly thorough retelling of the author's experience with domestic violence. I adored the greater structural analysis of Intimate Partner Violence and how it relates to homophobia, biphobia, and lesbophobia and how the author made sure to connect her story to the stories of many IPV survivors in the community. I cannot praise enough how much care and sensitivity was taken to the issues discussed in this book. I definitely don't think the author's writing style is for everyone as it can be very experimental at times but I personally adored it. 

If you are looking for an unusual exploration into domestic violence in queer relationships, I could not recommend this enough

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Additional CW: Sexual abuse, assault, grooming, emotionally abusive parents,

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Drug use, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Biphobia, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Dementia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

What an amazing, powerful, interesting, and informative read. The formatting of this book pulls you in, with each "chapter" representing the story of this relationship from a different literary genre or device. I read this book so quickly and you are pulling in with every word. It is certainly emotional and I teared up more than once. This is a memoir about domestic abuse, so I would certainly look up trigger warnings. But, I find this to have been such a valuable and engaging reading experience that I absolutely have to recommend.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

cereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, and Blood

daisydoolie's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, first book I’ve ever read that talks about lesbian domestic abuse in a way that gave great clarity and frankness - whilst still being a brilliantly composed and written book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Vomit, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

shannonigans322's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Where do I even begin to succinctly describe my feelings about this memoir? It's gorgeous, creative, and (unfortunately, for some of us) all too relatable. Major CW for domestic violence/abuse. I myself had to take some breaks throughout. I ended up listening to the audiobook, which Carmen narrates herself, and... OOF, y'all. Her voice makes the experiences all more impactful and emotionally challenging. If you're in an okay place for darker themes, I highly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

in the dream house is a singular memoir, one w/ a unique - even ingenious - structure that masterfully distills the volatile and oscillating emotions, particularly tense fear, of the abused. 

machado recounts and examines her personal experience of an abusive relationship through the lens of various artistic genres, objects, things, ideas, lending each chapter an eerie, tense, sometimes detached feeling. the aforementioned is also framed against the larger historical backdrop of overlooked and non-mainstream subject of abuse in queer and lesbian relationships, and i learned a lot from the existing canon that's included in the book.

overall, a distinctive memoir on an oft under-discussed experience that's also able to critically discuss larger historical and social contexts.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Animal death, Infidelity, and Vomit

catandherbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Minor: Blood and Vomit