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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

89 reviews

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

alrauna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Biphobia

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Dementia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

jmcordero's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Lesbophobia, Outing, and Medical content

ahyacinthine's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

One of my favorite reads this year by far. As a lesbian, accepting that the community perpetuates a standard of peace that is nonexistent, dismissive of the humanity everyone (lesbian or otherwise) is capable of was crushing. This is a concept that the author was able to put into eloquence with ease. I felt anguished and comforted and heard most of all throughout the entirety of this memoir. the statistics the author would point out every so often were enlightening and worthy of future research. the allegory of this dream house— this figment of presumed comfort that in actuality was a means of confinement and hurt and so much more was riveting. this book was clever and astounding— it did a wonderful job of illuminating abuse in lesbian relationships, a topic that is deserving of a meaningful conversation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Lesbophobia

starglitters's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

ladysanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

janadeschildre's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

beabookish's review against another edition

dark informative tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

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