Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

158 reviews

books_withblooms's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Body shaming

jordynkw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

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

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

kell_xavi's review against another edition

3.0

Some sections of this book are witty and brash, concisely metaphoric in ways that tell the reader something important they can hold on to; other sections are slow, pedantic, or they delve into ideas and events that aren’t as revealing as Machado believes. The vignette style makes the writing piecework at times, the dual history of a personal nature and history of lesbian domestic abuse cutting across each other without coming together. The note to Machado’s partner in the acknowledgments, which reads, “I’d do it all again, baby. It brought me you,” was an uncomfortable closure.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

amkclaes's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

this is a beautifully written, haunting accoutn of domestic abuse in a lesbian relationship, deeply personal while also calling out to a sadly shared, and longstanding reality. i recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

anna_catherine73's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence