Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

171 reviews

charlie_cheese's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Reading this book was, at times, like looking into a mirror (albeit a very uncomfortable one). I'm glad to have found it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

hbeawill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.5

damn i really wish i paid more attention in my literary theory class. I feel like it would’ve heightened the experience for me. the style of writing in this book is so compelling, I found myself framing my own memories in it: “dream house as” and second person pov. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia

ayoderable's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Tough read but so beautifully done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

veepopp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Lesbophobia and Adult/minor relationship

alexxcp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

luce98's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

She writes so beautifully you almost forget the atrocities she faces.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

124smilehd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.5

It's one of those books that you should read due to its informative and cultural significance but it's not something that I particularly enjoyed on its own. 

It did have a massive impact on how I view queer relationships in a social context, especially as a queer person myself. Early in the story I did lowkey think that this was not the best political time to talk about such a dark subject that could be used as evidence as to why queer relationships are inherently not good, but Machado seems to have taken this into account as she constantly talks about how we as minorities tend to glorify and idolize our identity as a form of survival and this inherently opens the door for abuse. It was a hard reality to swallow but I do think she made a valid and very important point, that our biggest resistance as a community is to be allowed to just be human, flaws and all.

I will say though that the writing style threw me off, it was just hard really commit to the micro chapters. The other big flaw was that she depends a lot on footnotes which seems odd for a memoir type of book. It almost felt as if she had to prove her own existence and memory by using other sources, even though by her own admittance there are very few written works on queer abuse? Idk I felt like this weakened her own voice by depending too much on outside validation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting and Fatphobia