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A review by toffishay
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
What an amazing, powerful, interesting, and informative read. The formatting of this book pulls you in, with each "chapter" representing the story of this relationship from a different literary genre or device. I read this book so quickly and you are pulling in with every word. It is certainly emotional and I teared up more than once. This is a memoir about domestic abuse, so I would certainly look up trigger warnings. But, I find this to have been such a valuable and engaging reading experience that I absolutely have to recommend.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts