Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

1149 reviews

minooboh's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

fynn_jls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

jujuwithbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

atthehuskinbee's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Lesbophobia and Body shaming

sillyscorpio's review

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

ffreyarrose's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

biddibee's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This book was written so beautifully. The best writing I've read in a while.

Spoiler

That "choose your own adventure" chapter hit me like a tonne of bricks. I just sat there gobsmacked after reading it. Such incredibly impactful writing.

The story was sad and the book was informative. I always appreciate reading from different perspectives and this was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

fi_nikki's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

kes813's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read and I don’t need to say much. This book is everything. It meets nonfictional analysis with personal trauma essay with magical realism fairytale. It’s incredibly cathartic, twisted in the most imaginative way, and brilliantly insightful. This book is a must read. I only warn those who are sensitive to very graphic descriptions about abuse and general fictional horror/gore. I believe this book can heal many, but could risk pouring salt water into an open wound if freshly grieving from an abusive relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

sprwblvm's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Lesbophobia