Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

88 reviews

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Misogyny, Alcohol, Racism, Infidelity, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Drug use

triple_m's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The message was good but I felt the writing was pretentious at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

mkwreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

thequeenofsheba3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug use, and Mental illness

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

lostpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jurizprudence's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

“ . . . you can be hurt by people who look just like you. Not only can it happen, it probably will, because the world is full of hurt people who hurt people.”

so beautifully-written, brutal in its honesty, and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Alcohol, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Racism, Classism, Bullying, Confinement, Dementia, and Pregnancy

sydneys_neverendingtbr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

I initially really didn't know how to rate this. I don't often read nonfiction; I've maybe read two other ones in my life. But there was something so 'whimsical' about this that it really sucked me in. The mix of second/third POV, writing styles, concepts, and real-life examples of queer abuse gave itself so well to the fever dream/fairy tale feel I believe the author was going for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault