Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

126 reviews

thewrongalice's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Dementia and Drug abuse

7juniormint's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism

ieotter13's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

a pretty intense, yet powerful memoir on queer domestic violence. a must read for anyone trying to understand the intersection of identity in domestic violence cases

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Homophobia

pinkbunnyy's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

blakeandbooks's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget this book. Carmen delivers such a thought provoking and haunting memoir as she recounts her experience with domestic abuse from a previous partner. What haunted me even more was not only listening to her story via audiobook, but that she is also the one to narrate the book. Her writing is powerful and demands attention. She also discusses how lesbian relationships can be damaging, even though there is not much literature or studies that she herself could find while researching. If you’re looking for more nonfiction, memoirs, or queer literature, pick this book up. 

This book was January Prompt B for #TheDiverseBaseline challenge: read a book by a Latine author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

theperfectblues's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

airr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

tkmunson's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

blymanor's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Body shaming, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and Lesbophobia