Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

338 reviews

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

caiterate's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful, heavy story and memoir of domestic abuse in queer relationships. Anyone with lived experienced around domestic violence will see themselves in this and relate in a way that hurts. The vulnerability is so apparent and I am grateful to Carmen for sharing her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

airwrecka1's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

finished in a day! telling, capturing, and heartbreaking, this book covers the real mind f*ck of an abusive lesbian relationship. machado weaves together archival knowledge with personal account, providing a deep-cutting, thought-provoking narrative on queer abuse.

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Content Warnings

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

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

pagesofplatypus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This is one of the most captivating books I've ever read. I knew nothing about this going in which honestly was for the best. The writing style is extremely fluid switching between past and present, second and forst person narration. Sometimes throwing you right into a moment and sometimes looking through the lens of time and memory.

In the Dream House takes an unflinching examination of very heavy subjects, especially domestic abuse, reading as part horror story, part diary, part crime case, and part reclamation.

The half star deduction is for a mention of "Israeli couscous" in the Dream House as House in Florida section.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

technobabbletime's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Oh my god. Into The Dream House was my first real depiction of a queer romance that wasn't even close to perfect. As a young lesbian (probably too young to read this book the first time I read it, but oh well), this book gave me a look at what life as a queer woman is like. It's messy and it can be awful, but good god is it real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia and Cursing

violetbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Alcohol