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A review by veeples
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
The beautiful, dreamy prode Machado employs is a brilliant and sharp contrast to the devastation that she experiences. It reads like poetry, though it’s not. It’s fluid and heartbreaking and gorgeous, and I am so glad to have read it. If you are a queer person, and even if you’re not, I think it’s a valuable read as a narrative that describes a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship and how its just as harmful as a physically abusive one.
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Biphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Dementia, Car accident, and Body shaming