Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

152 reviews

alexijai98's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

5.0

Beautifully written and a modern classic of queer writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

randiroo's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse

christina85's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Second person perspective, if you don’t like don’t read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

booksandbesitos's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A beautifully written memoir about an unfortunate and abusive relationship.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

handful_of_frogs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

misoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

rjaxn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug abuse and Dementia

vrhayes08's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Violence, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy