Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

171 reviews

kellybobelly96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

This book is important to read and at times, difficult to read. I appreciated the representation of a queer relationship that is usually hidden. This book reminded me of something I would read on my Women Gender Studies class in college - something that will stick with me but while reading often felt over my head. I didn't expect the memoir to be driven by literary and cultural analysis, but I recognize there was a poetic significance to everything being said. I would recommend to anyone who is willing to think critically and open yourself to a story that is more common than we would like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

squidknees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Alcoholism, Self harm, Bullying, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Blood

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

cowboykid's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Murder, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

sar_letsread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

College Read: 
I read this for my Literary Studies class and I do NOT regret it. This book was so emotionally rewarding as the protagonist, Carmen Maria Machado, was taking the reader through an impactful journey. However, no matter how much I really enjoyed this book, I will not recommend this to someone who cannot handle stories involving emotional abuse. This book was hardcore and some may think not, but I truly am glad I had a wonderful Prof. to help navigate me and my peers through this book and Carmen’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

mecmccann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

Machado has such a poetic way of writing prose, which is one of my favorite things about reading her work. This memoir is written like no other I've encountered, and it's easy to understand why: in telling sharing her own experience of domestic abuse, Machado is pushing against cultural notions that women cannot hurt each other, that abuse only comes from men, and if queer women admit their queer women partners have hurt them, then they're damaging the community's reputation. In the Dream House does an excellent job grappling with All Of That and more. I've read many stories that feature abuse (both nonfiction and fiction) and none have so radically changed my perception of it as this book has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Dementia, Death, and Physical abuse

jacq_s's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

blubonby's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I always find myself intimidated by non fiction books, especially memoirs, but this one was so easy to get into with the short chapters and the second person pov and the writing I read it in 3 sittings. 
The writing is so beautiful and was very easy for me to read, even though at first I was a bit nervous about it being written in second person pov I found it actually help suck me into the book. 
There were multiple times throughout reading when I was wanting to stop and underline bits and save quotes because they were so beautiful or understandable or relatable, even for me who’s never been in an abusive relationship. This is the kind of book where I think I could go back and reread over and over and still find something new. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia

literally_mint's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Biphobia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, Vomit, Alcohol, Rape, Dementia, Hate crime, and Fatphobia