Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

156 reviews

arikareads's review

4.0

3.5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

girlwiththeheadphones's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Machado has one of the most delectable writer’s voices I’ve ever come across. She truly is a master of the trade and that comes across so clearly in this book. Her intelligence and research skills shines here (as well as her ability to make me cry). I felt like I was learning so many things throughout this book but it didn’t feel tedious—for the most part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

vaaaleriechen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

4.0

devastating yet hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

shelleyreadsbooks's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This. Book. Is. Hard.
This book is necessary.
I have been putting off reading this book until I was read. I wasn't read. I don't know that I will ever be ready.
I have never read a book that so captured what being emotionally abused does to your existence in the world. 
This book is necessary.
This. Book. Is. Hard.

I wish this book wasn't necessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

dcepeda's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

mad_scaper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

an expertly-crafted memoir that is beautiful and heart wrenching and hopeful and everything i could ever want from one of my favorite writers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sarasimper's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

rusina's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

adearajean's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

There were parts that were really good and parts that I felt less connected to. It was well written and poetic at times. I wished she had provided more details in some chapters. Pretty tense at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief

litoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment