Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Nella casa dei tuoi sogni by Carmen Maria Machado

45 reviews

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Rape, Biphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

alexandranewberg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

this book was incredible. the short chapters drawing on different writing styles or tropes, etc was such a great way to frame the story. it was heartbreaking and gorgeous and i’m so glad i read it. pieces of media like the film gaslighting that came up a bunch coupled with chapters of queer history about believing queer abuse frames the story in such a way that everything felt tangible. i stoped multiple times to look up songs or articles or movies mentioned and all of it just added to the reading experience. calling the book a piece of canon in the afterword was not an exaggeration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

sahramahtab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Machado writes stunningly. No other word does her talent justice. “In the Dream House,” uses incredibly interesting literary devices and the conceptualization of the dream/house is brilliant. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book, just beware it’s written in the second person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Grief

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

aproudmc13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racism, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Outing, Rape, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Drug use

margotcw's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

moss_martii's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It was very personal to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

cryptidcas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

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

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