A review by alexandranewberg
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

this book was incredible. the short chapters drawing on different writing styles or tropes, etc was such a great way to frame the story. it was heartbreaking and gorgeous and i’m so glad i read it. pieces of media like the film gaslighting that came up a bunch coupled with chapters of queer history about believing queer abuse frames the story in such a way that everything felt tangible. i stoped multiple times to look up songs or articles or movies mentioned and all of it just added to the reading experience. calling the book a piece of canon in the afterword was not an exaggeration. 
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