Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Nella casa dei tuoi sogni by Carmen Maria Machado

18 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Confinement

Minor: Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Bullying, Gun violence, and Stalking

yrpalal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Infidelity

bildungswalton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Animal cruelty

foiblesandfiction's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I agree with other readers that it is difficult, almost impossible, to rate memoirs.

But I will say that this memoir is really damn beautiful.  I read the audiobook narrated by the author, which is one of my absolutely favorite ways to consume non-fiction literature.  It was haunting and informative and tense.  Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Grief, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Rape

Minor: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Animal death, Car accident, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Eating disorder, Vomit, Murder, and Medical content

chaotic_bibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, and Cursing

jurizprudence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

“ . . . you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people.”

so beautifully-written, brutal in its honesty, and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Racism, Classism, Bullying, Confinement, Dementia, and Pregnancy

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