Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

181 reviews

cait808's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

carmen maria machado is one of my favorite wordsmiths; i've read this masterpiece like 5 times already and each read begets a new revelation. 

you pull this book from the shelf because reading it feels like peeling back a juicy scab. i return it, pride of place, because the familiar itch of my skin knitting back together feels even better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia

hydrareads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

“Would knowing have made you dumber or smarter?”

I pose the above question all the time when I look at my past relationships and decisions in retrospect. This book doesn’t necessarily answer that either but it does make you think.

An incredible autobiographical account on queerness and intimate partner abuse, it is a very eye opening and heartbreaking read. This book is a valiant effort at putting ink to paper and a formal historical entry to topics that are rarely talked about — queerness and abuse. 

The format of this book is not only unique but incredibly enjoyable. I haven’t read anything like this. It takes you through a disheartening and inspiring adventure through a surprisingly fun writing format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

rafdee13's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

Domestic violence is difficult to write about coherently. Nevermind the complications of lesbian domestic violence In a system that perpetuates the invisibility of both. This book serves as a witness and a warning, and is beautifully written to boot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

bookdragonkatie's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Lesbophobia

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, and Fatphobia

standardchaos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

an__arrmz's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

4.0

esta chido pero hay partes donde se me hizo medio zzz LA NETA 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

mamareadstuff's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I would give Carla six stars for this book if I could. Ten? I listened to her read her story on hoopla, but I'm going to have to buy a physical copy so I can go back and underline and cry all over the pages. There were moments so vivid I had flashbacks to my own experience 15+ years ago, so similar, in too many ways to count. This wasn't some afterschool special. This was falling in love and out of love and feeling powerless and somehow, eventually, slowly, finding your power again, trusting yourself again, loving yourself, for once. I don't know that I could have read this book 15 years ago, but I wish that I had been able to read it before... Or maybe I wish that I had been able to reach across state lines back then, and find her, and that we could have shared our stories and gotten each other out sooner. Or maybe not. Maybe we couldn't get out until we could, until we did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

fayemomodu's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely love this book. As someone who attending college at the University of Iowa I loved reading this as it takes place in Iowa City at the college. The book almost reads as poetry and is very beautiful written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

kadoatie's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia