Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

234 reviews

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

ratwitch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

The loss of the half star is solely because I found it disjointed and slightly hard to follow in places, although I believe that is intentional!
I've never read a memoir before, as a genre it does not interest me but I am so glad I picked this book up. It is beautiful and heart-breaking and brilliant. The formatting is so clever and used to further the story. Machado's tale isn't just told through the words, but how they are laid out. This is a topic that, as she rightfully points out, is not talked about enough and I'm so glad she used her voice to speak about it in this way.
Although I would not say I enjoyed this book, as that seems to be the incorrect word, I cannot recommend this memoir enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Lesbophobia

pkprouvs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

heartsandthumbs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

The author is brave for telling her story. I don’t love her style of writing, but it is not for me to say that her style is wrong. The story is hers and so is the way she tells it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

leon3lliott's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was so easy to consume and so upsetting to digest. Carmen Maria Machado has gorgeous way of defining and then sharing horrifying truths. The sections reflecting on the love of her friends and the people who valued around her was beautiful. I had to take a few breaks while reading this, but I'm glad I did, and I appreciate the shared resources at the end of the book and citations throughout, giving further information and history for queer domestic violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Pregnancy

bookwormbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

such a beautiful, thoughtful book about such a difficult topic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

lv00009's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

painausten314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

“We deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity.”

This memoir examines and exposes domestic abuse in lesbian relationships and queer relationships overall. The writing made me feel all the right things at the right moments, and left me feeling her relief as she brought her story to its close. It is weird to say that someone can write about something as ugly as abuse in a beautiful way, but Machado does.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

carlwheezer's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence