Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

152 reviews

noveltay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Such an incredible way to write a true story. Hard to read, harder to listen to the audiobook by the author. So sad to hear about but glad she has found as much peace as she can afterwards.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

aproudmc13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

painausten314's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

“We deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity.”

This memoir examines and exposes domestic abuse in lesbian relationships and queer relationships overall. The writing made me feel all the right things at the right moments, and left me feeling her relief as she brought her story to its close. It is weird to say that someone can write about something as ugly as abuse in a beautiful way, but Machado does.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

kers_tin's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, and Homophobia

shoohoob's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Just so dark but gripping. Carmen Maria Machado’s style of writing is so so good

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Content Warnings

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

emilymbrown's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

stop rating memoirs you weirdos!! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

pey333's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

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

pinkpotayto's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This memoir resonated with me in numerous ways. The eloquence and intelligence with which Machado writes is so fucking perfect. She is real and honest in dark ways that most people are too afraid to even think even though it's such a human way of thinking. Her abuse unfolds like thorns digging into your sides, thorns you cannot reach to remove. You have to get through it though, to reassure yourself that she mentally and physically escapes the dream house. Phenomenal and powerful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia