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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

21 reviews

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

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

capacity4wonder's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Machado's style is unique and pulls you deep into the "Dream House." She seamlessly ties lived experience, existing media about abuse and love, and research about abuse in queer relationships into an exquisite story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Stalking

mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This was one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. 

The thing that sets this book apart is the way it was written. The tone feels like poetry while equally being digestible and readable. The switch between first and second person was such an interesting way to tell a story. The "I" was disconnected from the "you" but still told told a cohesive account of Machado's story. The you chapters invited the reader in to examine the parts of their reality that they are disconnected from too. 

This perspective on domestic abuse intersected with queer culture intersected with fat culture and with religious trauma is engaging and terrible and inspiring. 

A wonderful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

vrhayes08's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Violence, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

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

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Dementia, Stalking, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

erica_reads_things's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I absolutely adore this book. Right off the bat I would have given it 5⭐, but I listened to it on audiobook. And as much as I love listening to especially memoirs read by the authors, this text was a bit hard to follow at first on audiobook. I plan on reading a paper copy soon and will likely give it a full 5. 

I loved the narrative style and tropes of the Dream House once I got used to the flow. I really appreciated how Carmen held the complexities of domestic violence and the topic and experiences within the queer community. This text will absolutely remain an important work in queer narratives. So well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia and Injury/Injury detail

kkoeller7's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Stalking

squidknees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment