danacotto 's review for:

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

2.0

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The structure of the book didn’t work for me. It felt fragmented and it was hard to follow most of the time. The use of second person voice was also distracting. The good things about the book: the writing at times felt so poetic. It’s clear that the author has a gift. The last 25 or so pages were probably the best of the book. I also thought it overall gave great insights into how slowly abuse can happen, and why it becomes so difficult for the abused to leave. Unfortunately I don’t think the structure worked and took attention away from what is such an important story.