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A review by dreadfulreader
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I did not expect this to be as fast of a read as it was, but I was totally enthralled by this book. Maybe that's because the chapters are so bite-sized, but a lot of it is Machado's insightful and lovely writing.
I'm always impressed by how someone can take their experiences and order them in a way that becomes a compelling narrative, understanding when information should be revealed, when to go backwards and forwards in time, and when to zoom out from a larger historical topic, and then zoom back in to a painful personal moment. There was even a moment in this book where I gasped at what felt like a twist.!
Can't recommend this highly enough, and now I'm excited to check out her fiction work!
I'm always impressed by how someone can take their experiences and order them in a way that becomes a compelling narrative, understanding when information should be revealed, when to go backwards and forwards in time, and when to zoom out from a larger historical topic, and then zoom back in to a painful personal moment. There was even a moment in this book where I gasped at what felt like a twist.!
Can't recommend this highly enough, and now I'm excited to check out her fiction work!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness