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Dans la maison rêvée by Carmen Maria Machado

99 reviews

ktkeps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - I am so glad I caught the review of this book on instagram as it just captured my interest completely and got me actively seeking this book for my shelves. I was captivated from page one and throughout Carmen's raw openness and thought processes just kept me reading. I haven't read a memoir like this before, the way she casts her eye over different things through the lens of her own experience. The subject matter of queer domestic abuse, particularly female on female, is a subject matter I have never seen actively written about in such intricacy and depth, and I am glad Carmen had the strength to open this conversation wide into the world. Because why is it so I comprehensible that abuse in a lesbian relationship can and indeed does happen, just like any relationship between two people regardless of gender. A thought provoking read that i whole heartedly recommend - I will be seeking out more of Carmen's recommendations as I feel this is a subject matter whose surface has only just been scratched! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

What an amazing, powerful, interesting, and informative read. The formatting of this book pulls you in, with each "chapter" representing the story of this relationship from a different literary genre or device. I read this book so quickly and you are pulling in with every word. It is certainly emotional and I teared up more than once. This is a memoir about domestic abuse, so I would certainly look up trigger warnings. But, I find this to have been such a valuable and engaging reading experience that I absolutely have to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sammyb's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

jurizprudence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

“ . . . you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people.”

so beautifully-written, brutal in its honesty, and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Racism, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Classism

seagirl_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

charlyhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

daisydoolie's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, first book I’ve ever read that talks about lesbian domestic abuse in a way that gave great clarity and frankness - whilst still being a brilliantly composed and written book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sunbeam_reader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the most amazing book I read in  2021. Absolutely would recommend to anyone, especially sapphic folks. However, PLEASE read TW/CW for this book it deals with really heavy stuff that may be triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

This book deals entirely with domestic abuse in sapphic relationships.