A review by monsterofidaho
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House is everything you want to believe in and none of it at the same time. Her writing unfolds this inimitably surreal unreality that can be felt just below skin level; disorienting, beautiful, and impossible to forget. Imagine the Dream House as a true story. Imagine the Dream House as a Gothic horror novel. In some ways, Machado’s story is so specific to her own experiences but, at the same time, the Dream House’s doors are open to anyone who has experienced abuse, queerphobia, or religious trauma.
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