Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

160 reviews

kell_xavi's review against another edition

3.0

Some sections of this book are witty and brash, concisely metaphoric in ways that tell the reader something important they can hold on to; other sections are slow, pedantic, or they delve into ideas and events that aren’t as revealing as Machado believes. The vignette style makes the writing piecework at times, the dual history of a personal nature and history of lesbian domestic abuse cutting across each other without coming together. The note to Machado’s partner in the acknowledgments, which reads, “I’d do it all again, baby. It brought me you,” was an uncomfortable closure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Infidelity

missdanielle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

anna_catherine73's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

veeples's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

The beautiful, dreamy prode Machado employs is a brilliant and sharp contrast to the devastation that she experiences. It reads like poetry, though it’s not. It’s fluid and heartbreaking and gorgeous, and I am so glad to have read it. If you are a queer person, and even if you’re not, I think it’s a valuable read as a narrative that describes a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship and how its just as harmful as a physically abusive one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Dementia, Car accident, and Body shaming

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

momalley215's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Lesbophobia

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

love book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Car accident, Blood, Sexual content, Homophobia, Bullying, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts

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: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

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

klamsc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence