Reviews

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

edgarallanfoe's review against another edition

4.0

4.5
As beautifully insightful as it is tragic and haunting, Machado’s voice rings out among the countless queer women making themselves and their lives understood as profoundly human. It serves as a memoir, a meditation on surviving abuse, another link in queer feminist literature, and more. It’s incredible stuff.

izisreading's review against another edition

3.0

I've got mixed feelings about this. It's not really my place to talk about the author's experience, so outside of that, I think my biggest issue is the writing/pacing.. there are chapters that were too convoluted and overly described in a poetic way that really just takes me out of the book. I have no doubt the author can write, but the writing style is probably not for me.

ivyrob's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

joyribbon's review against another edition

5.0

died and came back to life like 3 times reading this

notloreee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

hrenfro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

wonu's review against another edition

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

5.0

cattaclysm2's review against another edition

5.0

a moving story depicting abuse in a queer relationship, that i found both comforting and truly heartbreaking.
the transparency of the story and its beautiful writing style were simply beyond fascinating.

allisonm123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

shessiejeep's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.25