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A review by minniepauline
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Words to describe this book: unflinching, intelligent, tense, harrowing, horrifying, heartbreaking, informative, redemptive, shocking-but-not-really. Important. Necessary.
I loved the way this book felt like notes, like research, like an academic paper, and still landed its punches (metaphorical and otherwise) with such precision. The short chapters kept me turning the pages, as did the brilliant demonstration of what Machado went through, toward the middle of the book (no spoilers here). She mixes research and her own story with a poet’s eye. I’m floored by this book. I will read whatever she writes.
I loved the way this book felt like notes, like research, like an academic paper, and still landed its punches (metaphorical and otherwise) with such precision. The short chapters kept me turning the pages, as did the brilliant demonstration of what Machado went through, toward the middle of the book (no spoilers here). She mixes research and her own story with a poet’s eye. I’m floored by this book. I will read whatever she writes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse