Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

141 reviews

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Don’t get me wrong, this story is heart-wrenching and awful, but the way Machado writes about her experiences is nothing short of genius. I learned, I felt, I gaped — at some parts in horror, at others in awe. Truly stunning in every sense. A chilling, tense, emotional genre-bending memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i have never so easily given a book five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Blood

jordanp543's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Gorgeous in every way. 100% cements Machado as my fav author. They way she plays with genre is *chef’s kiss*.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder

thequeenofsheba3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Mental illness

meleac07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

As a queer, predominantly lesbian individual, this gave me perspective and made me feel, in a way, safe.
Seeing a woman so openly and explicitly talk through her experience with queer domestic abuse, it both hurt me to the very core of my being and gave me hope that some day, we could as a society, fully acknowledge and accept that queer people are not a different species, somehow immune or shut off from the experiences of heterosexual people.
I find a part of myself reflected in this story, and the author so eloquently told it in a way that made me feel a part of it somehow, like I could feel a mere fragment of her suffering and heartbreak. 
This story is both brave and powerful in every way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal death and Fatphobia

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

snowydaze's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Words cannot describe how deeply I enjoyed this book. The strange format flowed nicely and worked well when listening to the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

mklein319's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - I am so glad I caught the review of this book on instagram as it just captured my interest completely and got me actively seeking this book for my shelves. I was captivated from page one and throughout Carmen's raw openness and thought processes just kept me reading. I haven't read a memoir like this before, the way she casts her eye over different things through the lens of her own experience. The subject matter of queer domestic abuse, particularly female on female, is a subject matter I have never seen actively written about in such intricacy and depth, and I am glad Carmen had the strength to open this conversation wide into the world. Because why is it so I comprehensible that abuse in a lesbian relationship can and indeed does happen, just like any relationship between two people regardless of gender. A thought provoking read that i whole heartedly recommend - I will be seeking out more of Carmen's recommendations as I feel this is a subject matter whose surface has only just been scratched! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence