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Nella casa dei tuoi sogni by Carmen Maria Machado

347 reviews

tobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

schlady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I wasn't sure about the style at first, but I was quickly wrapped up in every piece expertly woven into this brave memoir. This poetic exploration of an abusive relationship takes you on literal road trips through all the seasons of the dream house, with illustrative visits along the way of applicable narratives in other media and scrapings of what few published experiences exist about domestic abuse in queer relationships, all while establishing a canon in its own right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Homophobia

readsbyabigail's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget this book. Carmen delivers such a thought provoking and haunting memoir as she recounts her experience with domestic abuse from a previous partner. What haunted me even more was not only listening to her story via audiobook, but that she is also the one to narrate the book. Her writing is powerful and demands attention. She also discusses how lesbian relationships can be damaging, even though there is not much literature or studies that she herself could find while researching. If you’re looking for more nonfiction, memoirs, or queer literature, pick this book up. 

This book was January Prompt B for #TheDiverseBaseline challenge: read a book by a Latine author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death and Body shaming

bokryp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

Ooph! Heavy and thoughtful and challenging. Amazing writer. Incredibly unique and intriguing writing structure. I was afraid it would be a slog to get through a new theme every couple pages, but it's one arc of a story told through dozens of facets and lenses. Remarkably cohesive, the structure gave a much more full and nuanced representation than a typical memoir structure would have. It's like how I tell stories. A little scattered and sometimes tangential, but it represents the message all the same. Ended up being engrossed by the serial style narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

heykidzspellingisfun's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

Finished in one afternoon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body horror, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, Racism, and Gun violence