Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

squidknees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

cowboykid's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, and Lesbophobia

sar_letsread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

College Read: 
I read this for my Literary Studies class and I do NOT regret it. This book was so emotionally rewarding as the protagonist, Carmen Maria Machado, was taking the reader through an impactful journey. However, no matter how much I really enjoyed this book, I will not recommend this to someone who cannot handle stories involving emotional abuse. This book was hardcore and some may think not, but I truly am glad I had a wonderful Prof. to help navigate me and my peers through this book and Carmen’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

mecmccann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Lesbophobia

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

Machado has such a poetic way of writing prose, which is one of my favorite things about reading her work. This memoir is written like no other I've encountered, and it's easy to understand why: in telling sharing her own experience of domestic abuse, Machado is pushing against cultural notions that women cannot hurt each other, that abuse only comes from men, and if queer women admit their queer women partners have hurt them, then they're damaging the community's reputation. In the Dream House does an excellent job grappling with All Of That and more. I've read many stories that feature abuse (both nonfiction and fiction) and none have so radically changed my perception of it as this book has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, and Dementia

jacq_s's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

blubonby's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I always find myself intimidated by non fiction books, especially memoirs, but this one was so easy to get into with the short chapters and the second person pov and the writing I read it in 3 sittings. 
The writing is so beautiful and was very easy for me to read, even though at first I was a bit nervous about it being written in second person pov I found it actually help suck me into the book. 
There were multiple times throughout reading when I was wanting to stop and underline bits and save quotes because they were so beautiful or understandable or relatable, even for me who’s never been in an abusive relationship. This is the kind of book where I think I could go back and reread over and over and still find something new. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia

literally_mint's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gioleituras's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

“a reminder to remember: just because the sharpness of the sadness has faded does not mean that it was not, once, terrible. it means only that time and space, creatures of infinite girth and tenderness, have stepped between the two of you, and they are keeping you safe as they were once unable to.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Fatphobia