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

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Like the name implies it’s dream like and haunting. Lots of harsh realities. Some scenes are downright terrifying, but it’s an important read. It’s also interesting how this partially reads like a piece of speculative fiction. Memoirs usually are reactive or more purely introspective, but this had entire sections of wondering what could have been and leading the reader down wild what if rabbit holes. It seems almost natural now to include the speculative narratives we all naturally create when ruminating on past trauma.  
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