Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

64 reviews

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

mary_wyrd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

In the Dream House you are a prisoner to your own heart; trapped, wanting to leave. But you can't, because the house is part of you now, a house that haunts. A dream that became a nightmare. This memoir is part exorcism part rebellion and a full-throated yell against the tyranny of abuse. Machado's full range of creativity is used in excising this chapter of her life and analysing its impact. The format is inventive. Each section is told in a different genre style or trope. Each section is also short, like a glimpse through the windows of the Dream House, seeing a tense, intense relationship from various angles, before the curtains are drawn. Many chapters are told in second person present tense, placing you in the author's position, living through that relationship.  You are both victim and witness. You are Machado. You are all the women in this position who couldn't get out until they did - fatally or finally free. This is a personal study of abuse with reflections on how society has historically treated both lesbians in love and lesbians in abusive situations; with silence, disgust and distrust.  In the Dream House as personal journey is certain to join the canon of lesbian non-fiction exploring love and loathing within a lesbian context.  In the Dream House as memoir already plays a part in unravelling the lie that women can't abuse other women. They can, and those abused need to be believed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

frogrocker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

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

missinfermiera's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

greenleafclarke's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Outing

rebeccakoury's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

If I could give this more than 5 stars, I would. This memori was captivating, painful, and vulnerable. Multiple times while reading I found myself experiencing the emotions viscerally. This will be a memoir i think about for a very long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Rape

masonwe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury