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A review by maybreads
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
challenging
tense
5.0
I would recommend this book to anyone who is ready for something more experimental in style and willing to ponder abuse between women as a topic.
Machado makes a point of interweaving her experiences with the greater literary world overall. It's impressive to see her utilizing tropes, genres and narratives to make a point about archives and what gets to be in them. I genuinley want to read secondary literature on this. You feel for the person she was when she was in that relationship. The narration is a mix of first person singular and second person singular (The you being Machado when she was going through the events of the text). Which is unique and connects the reader to the you in a way that I hadn't read before. It's touching and tense. It's amazing.
Machado makes a point of interweaving her experiences with the greater literary world overall. It's impressive to see her utilizing tropes, genres and narratives to make a point about archives and what gets to be in them. I genuinley want to read secondary literature on this. You feel for the person she was when she was in that relationship. The narration is a mix of first person singular and second person singular (The you being Machado when she was going through the events of the text). Which is unique and connects the reader to the you in a way that I hadn't read before. It's touching and tense. It's amazing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Infidelity and Violence