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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

100 reviews

xigoka's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

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

bluejay21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Violence

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

armandilloh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

First book that I've read with such a creative style and approach to story telling. Each chapter felt like it's on self contained story but simultaneously served a higher purpose to progress this biographical account of the author's experience through an abusive relationship and exiting the other side. The narrative choice was especially appropriate to detail the non-linearity of attempting to retell the traumas of an abusive relationship, while the reader is left to put the pieces together it often mirrors the issues with resurfacing the memories and recollections that the victim has spent years trying to communicate. The book also covers many topics which construct this intersectional experience of Carmen's life: the absence of accounts detailing queer abuse, the struggles of maintaining a spotless image for the queer community, the influences of religious upbringings on queer youth and body dysmorphia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

solasuaine's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

anitaxlit's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

I feel infinite gratitude for the existence of this book. It's a powerful piece of writing that weaves snippets of witty analysis of pop culture from a queer lens, insightful commentary on the queer community's history and present reality, and Machado's personal story of domestic abuse.

As a queer woman, reading this memoir was an empowering experience. I felt that it had been written for people like me, in a world where queer women and femme folk don't get to claim many things as their own. If that's how you identify as well, I sincerely hope one day you find yourself reading <i>In the Dream House</i>. It's an important book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Mental illness and Pregnancy

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

deezy's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship