Reviews tagging 'Grief'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

73 reviews

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

wow this book was amazing. heartbreaking yet quick. i highly recommend. i really liked the unique format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

this book really doesn’t feel like non fiction, but it’s a chilling true story and i highly recommend it

missbsbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, and Drug abuse

jessiebertram's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

rashi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I have found it difficult to put this narrative into words. All I can say is that I really felt it, not just the big bad stuff but all those small moments that seem to tally up into your psyche and be the most difficult parts to shake. I’m grateful for her willingness to share. For some reason I can’t rate this 5 stars and I’m not sure why.

Update: this has been moved to a 5 star rating out of sheer will, because I don’t know what else to do with my thoughts about it. Will have to read it again and maybe revise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

tsheppa3's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, and Gaslighting

salt_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, and Grief

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

jmcordero's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Self harm, and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Outing

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief