Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

169 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

florinoakenshield's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

wow wow wow. i picked this book up bc i thought it was a horror story, and i wasn’t wrong! my first memoir and it was about queer domestic abuse. i loved how informative it was, and diverse in its prose. my favourite part was the choose-your-own-adventure segment (it wasn’t really, which was the point) and the majority of this book being second person pov was surprising but also really helped get me into her story. my ginormous ego did start to think that this could never happen to me, but then i really started to think about it and maybe i wouldn’t be the victim (too flighty) but i could be an abuser - HORRIBLE TO SAY I KNOW! but i think that reading this story about the woman in the dream house really opened my eyes on how my behaviour truly affects people i love. if i love them, then how could i hurt them? pre-dream house flo would believe that, but post-dream house flo knows better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

cereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

codyemma's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sammyb's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

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

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

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

literarymatcha's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

• heartache in ink. i felt like my heart dropped to my stomach the whole time
• footnotes were very clever and i liked reading them
• second pov was interesting
• i liked the layout of the book (dream house as ___)
• a work of art, truly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

dumaurier's review against another edition

4.0

though the prose is beautiful, the use of second person distances machado from her own gut-wrenching experience. i admire her technical talent and will definitely check out her other work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

daisydoolie's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, first book I’ve ever read that talks about lesbian domestic abuse in a way that gave great clarity and frankness - whilst still being a brilliantly composed and written book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

vigil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

everything carmen maria machado writes is breathtaking and this book is no different. if you can stomach the theme of abuse, i highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault