Reviews tagging 'Murder'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

34 reviews

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aquakirst's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

kayaisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

karelovesbooks's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

Memoir is of a relationship gone bad and a breakdown of the pieces within that relationship that form a pattern of psychological abuse. The author wraps in narrative tropes that are supported by film, fiction, queer history, and more. It was a very compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Blood

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

cowboykid's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, and Lesbophobia

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

love book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I have not felt this immersed in a book in a long time. This book broke me down and taught me so much at the same time. I felt like I was there with the author because of the intimate use of second person POV. The intense and honest details of the relationship were terrifying to read, knowing that this is biographical. I don’t have the right words to describe what this book made me feel, but I think that it’s one everyone should read because it’s life changing. 

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
• I’ve already raved about this author’s writing but I’m obsessed with her writing!! I was mesmerized by the vivid imagery and the creative and unique metaphors. I could try to describe how good the writing is but I don’t think I would do it justice. And I loved the second person POV and how it addresses the reader.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬
“How do we do right by the wronged people of the past without physical evidence of their suffering?”

• A lot of this book centers around domestic abuse, psychological abuse, and abuse in queer relationships. It talks about how so many people aren’t believed when they speak out about their trauma because it isn’t physical or visible. 

• I went into this expecting a story about an abusive relationship, but it was so much more. There’s a lot about queer history, queer characters, stereotypes, and much, much more. I felt like I learned a lot from this. It immensely changed the way I view so many different things from abusive relationships, to heteronormative relationships, to villains, and a lot of other things I never thought about. 

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭
• This book has the most genius format ever. The author was able to capture how abusive relationships are a never ending cycle through the format of this book and it’s one of the most creative things I’ve ever seen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

This book deals with an extremely important topic that needs to be voiced and discussed. That said, as a piece of work itself, I liked it so-so. 

I did not get along with the narrative structure, I found the rapid-fire succession of chapters (supposed to show different genres and narrative styles) too much disjointed and confusing. The writing style is a bit too much experimental for me.

I liked much more the chapters that were "essay-like", exploring queer history and theory. However, I think that this mixing of informative chapters together with more literary and elaborately written ones was a bit jarring, it felt like two different books mashed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy