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A review by ulmaridae
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
"You were not always just a you. I was whole, a symbiotic relationship between my best and worst parts, and then, in one sense of the definition, I was cleaved. A neat lob that took First Person, that assured confident woman, the girl detective, the adventurer, away from the Second, who was always anxious and vibrating like a too-small breed of dog."
"Even the enduring symbol of queerness, the rainbow, is a promise not to repeat an act of supreme violence by a capricious and rageful god. 'I won't flood the whole world again, it was a one-time thing, I swear. Do you trust me?' And the later, a threat: 'The next time motherfuckers, it will be fire'."
"Even the enduring symbol of queerness, the rainbow, is a promise not to repeat an act of supreme violence by a capricious and rageful god. 'I won't flood the whole world again, it was a one-time thing, I swear. Do you trust me?' And the later, a threat: 'The next time motherfuckers, it will be fire'."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Biphobia