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jazhandz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
lpogo16's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, Dementia, Blood, Cursing, and Confinement
klsreads's review against another edition
5.0
I've never read anything quite like this - I loved the vignette narrative structure. The book moved quickly because most sections were short. A couple of the tropes dragged on for me/didn't hit 100%, but I was enthralled and could hardly put it down. A few standouts for me - "Dream House as Deja Vu" (x3), "Dream House as Queer Villainy" (!!!), "Dream House as Bluebeard", "Dream House as the River Lethe", "Dream House as Choose Your Own Adventure" ...... ok, I have to stop or I'm going to quote half of this work.
Even more wild: I was in Iowa City as an undergrad during the events of this book. Did I see Carmen and the Woman from the Dream House at a coffee shop, at Obama's speech, in a bookstore? It makes me shiver, the ways people suffer out of view.
Brilliant. Carmen Maria Machado is an absolute force and a genius of prose and innovative structure. I HIGHLY recommend this book, but mind the CW's. Machado doesn't shy away from the gore at the heart of her story.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Biphobia, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence
filisia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Sexual assault
mybetzfriend's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Violence, and Gaslighting
hollyrebecca's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Alcohol
christina85's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing
booksandbesitos's review against another edition
4.75
The symbolism of the dream house was very powerful and I loved how the chapters put the dream house as different things to explain the story. The short chapters made it a little easier to consume the heavy topics.
Every chapter is like fragments to show the big picture. I think that other survivors of abuse can also relate to telling their stories in fragments at first. Until you’ve ready to tell the whole thing.
Due to the nature of the story, the content in the book is very heavy. I encourage everyone to look at the content warnings before reading this.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy
katiefreeman209's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Alcohol and Drug abuse
handful_of_frogs's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting