Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

136 reviews

cestarimm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

“a verdade é que não há lugar melhor para se viver que à sombra de uma montanha bela e furiosa”

acho que esse livro mudou a minha vida! 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

marisa_kingsley77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness and Physical abuse

vivel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

camilleion's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

30something_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Fucking wow.

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Content Warnings

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

kayaisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

lureads2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. This book was written in such a unique short-snippet style that I have not seen before in a memoir. Machado is a masterful wordsmith, even when telling a devastating tale. Parts of this book resonated with me a lot, I think I will need to sit with it more before making a truly complete review.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Mental illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

amyelliot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

This book is reflective, heartbreaking, and informative. It taught me about queer history and the relationships and disfunctions that shaped our community today. It also tells the personal story of a queer woman dealing with domestic abuse and her mental state in a fragmented and fascinating way. I read it in days. I recommend this to all gay women! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting