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

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Dream House as Reality.  

You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen.  You made a fool of yourself, in more ways than one.  I thought you died, but writing this, I'm not sure you did.

In the Dream House is a memoir showing domestic abuse in a queer relationship.  The author describes her trauma in poetic prose that is so freaking haunting.  Every aspect of her story resonated so deeply with me, and there's a reminder here that being queer doesn't make you good or bad.  It just makes you queer, and you're able to fall for the same mistakes that anyone else could - include falling in love with a monster and staying in an abusive relationship.


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