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A review by chelsloukelly
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
4.0
4/5 Stars: ‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado.
→ Age Range: Adult.
→ Genre: Memoir, LGBT+ Non-Fiction.
→ Trigger Warnings: Abuse, Manipulation, Homophobia.
In-depth Rating:
→ Plot: ★★★★★
→ Character Development: ★★★★
→ Setting: ★★★
→ Entertainment Level: ★★★
→ Writing: ★★★★★
General Comments: The relationship at the heart of this memoir is resurrected with visceral potency; it traces the past, but with non-linear continuity; fractured and divided into beautiful or painful moments with harrowing emotional logic. The slippery changes in point-of-view – from personal recounts, to an array of literary recounts – at times, muddle up the history’s trajectory, but are nevertheless, deeply felt.
Favourite Quote: ‘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.’
Time Read: Two Days.
→ Audiobook: No.
→ Audiobook Narrator: -
→ Age Range: Adult.
→ Genre: Memoir, LGBT+ Non-Fiction.
→ Trigger Warnings: Abuse, Manipulation, Homophobia.
In-depth Rating:
→ Plot: ★★★★★
→ Character Development: ★★★★
→ Setting: ★★★
→ Entertainment Level: ★★★
→ Writing: ★★★★★
General Comments: The relationship at the heart of this memoir is resurrected with visceral potency; it traces the past, but with non-linear continuity; fractured and divided into beautiful or painful moments with harrowing emotional logic. The slippery changes in point-of-view – from personal recounts, to an array of literary recounts – at times, muddle up the history’s trajectory, but are nevertheless, deeply felt.
Favourite Quote: ‘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.’
Time Read: Two Days.
→ Audiobook: No.
→ Audiobook Narrator: -