Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

8 reviews

lpogo16's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Machado had a lot of courage in talking about her story and a lot of heart in telling the story of other queer women. This book really opened my eyes to a topic I never thought to look at head on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, and Dementia

The vibe of this book is really sad. The energy is very depressing though it does take a hopefully turn at the end.

dexlud's review against another edition

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

4.25

In The Dream House is a beautiful memoir by Carmen Maria Machado. The writing style is beautifully poetic and the vocabulary that Machado uses is absolutely stunning. I will say that this is easily read in mass chunks, and I ended up taking a break from this book because the vocab was just a lot. It’s incredibly complex and at times hard to understand. Overall, a very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit

finikki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

This book deals with an extremely important topic that needs to be voiced and discussed. That said, as a piece of work itself, I liked it so-so. 

I did not get along with the narrative structure, I found the rapid-fire succession of chapters (supposed to show different genres and narrative styles) too much disjointed and confusing. The writing style is a bit too much experimental for me.

I liked much more the chapters that were "essay-like", exploring queer history and theory. However, I think that this mixing of informative chapters together with more literary and elaborately written ones was a bit jarring, it felt like two different books mashed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

averyblr's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. okay. first opening line.
"If you need this book, it is for you"
And Jesus did I need this book. I often have trouble putting words to feelings I have and to find those words my first step is finding media that pertains to whatever it is I'm going through.
Needless to say, given that this was 5 stars for me, those words were found and they broke my ribs and they festered there and then they made me feel better about everything.
I don't know that I've ever gotten through a book like this. Like I was devouring it. I think I often struggle with waiting until the ending of a book but in this case, I wanted to live in there forever.

I think part of that could be just how fully seen I felt and how fresh my feelings are but I also think that this is objectively incredibly well written.

READ THIS.
if you've been in an abusive relationship (especially a queer one. Oh my god.)
If you've ever read Little Weirds by Jenny Slate- this is like her battered (lol) older sister and she's here to kill you.
If you're only ever gonna read one book for the rest of your life. Let it be this one

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, and Physical abuse

voteadams2040's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse

cassmensah5's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse

katsudonburi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship