Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

156 reviews

thewrongalice's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

pinkbunnyy's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

theperfectblues's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

airr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

blymanor's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

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