Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Nella casa dei tuoi sogni by Carmen Maria Machado

26 reviews

embervleo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Bullying, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Car accident

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I found it. The perfect memoir. The writing throughout this entire book is so beautiful even while describing the most harrowing details that I couldn't believe I was allowed to read it. It is beautiful and horrifying. There is also a lot of important commentary throughout about how women can easily be monsters in lesbian relationships, that abusive relationships are not exclusively a heterosexual phenomenon and the myth of the "lesbian utopia" is just that, myth. In reality, lesbian relationships have the capability to be just as toxic as any other relationship, that we should believe queer women when they come forward with their stories and not dismiss them. Abuse is abuse, be the perpetrator a man, woman, or gender nonconforming. I think this one is gonna stay with me for a really really long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Gore

Minor: Blood

umerabab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

I'm not really sure how to write this review. On the one hand, I don't feel right in giving a lower rating to a memoir because I didn't love reading the writing style; on the other hand, I thought the writing style was kind of brilliant. Overall, I believe that Machado was incredibly brave for writing this memoir, as any victim of abuse typically deals with trauma, and that can be so difficult to put into words of any format. The fact that she is in a WLW relationship makes her abuse that much less common to read about, as many people don't even believe that abuse can occur within same-sex relationships [although it absolutely can, and does, occur]. The existence of this book is so necessary, and brings to light an important topic in our society, whether or not you identify as part of the LGBTQIAP+ community. The style of writing won't be for everyone, and there are many difficult topics within the book (which shouldn't be surprising, given what the book is about), but if you can get through those two main aspects, this is a solid read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Car accident, Infertility, and Rape

Additional TW/CW: brief Harry Potter reference, divorce, psychological abuse, trauma

kestrel's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Sexism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Murder

olivemyheart's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was absolutely heartbreaking and necessary. As Machado claims, queer people are people, and that means we can have every experience people have--which encompasses abusive relationships. Furthermore, her ability to understand and convey her own emotions shows maturity and introspection that is truly admirable. At first I anticipated not liking the speculative writing style, but it was very well done and effective for conveying her experience. Here are a few moments that I found incredibly profound (CW for discussion of domestic violence)
Her wishing her girlfriend had been a man so that people would believe her, so her experience wouldn't give the queer community bad rep
Her wishing her girlfriend had just hit her so she would have some concrete evidence
Her discussions of queer history and intersectionality, which showed the depth of research and thought she put into this book
Overall I really enjoyed this book, and I'm very glad to hear Machado is in a happier place now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape