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A review by bozzi1
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
I listened to this audiobook and loved the writing style. I thought it was lyrical and brilliant but can see why it might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Several quotes stuck with me, especially the ones below.
“I had a room to myself as a kid, but my mother was always quick to point out that it wasn't my room, it was her room and I was merely permitted to occupy it. Her point, of course, was that my parents had earned everything and I was merely borrowing the space, and while this is technically true I cannot help but marvel at the singular damage of this dark idea: That my existence as a child was a kind of debt and nothing, no matter how small, was mine. That no space was truly private; anything of mine could be forfeited at someone else's whim.”
“The trouble with letting people see you at your worst isn’t that they’ll remember; it’s that you’ll remember.”
“Why do we teach girls that their perspectives are inherently untrustworthy?”
“I had a room to myself as a kid, but my mother was always quick to point out that it wasn't my room, it was her room and I was merely permitted to occupy it. Her point, of course, was that my parents had earned everything and I was merely borrowing the space, and while this is technically true I cannot help but marvel at the singular damage of this dark idea: That my existence as a child was a kind of debt and nothing, no matter how small, was mine. That no space was truly private; anything of mine could be forfeited at someone else's whim.”
“The trouble with letting people see you at your worst isn’t that they’ll remember; it’s that you’ll remember.”
“Why do we teach girls that their perspectives are inherently untrustworthy?”