Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

221 reviews

marisa_kingsley77's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Physical abuse

vivel's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

mortiffa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Machado's story is heartbreaking and hard to grapple with, but the writing in this memoir is absolutely breathtaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry

veepopp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Lesbophobia and Adult/minor relationship

filmnoirz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

this was just so, so good. it’s vulnerable and informative, so well written and so heart wrenching, and so unfortunately relatable. read this!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault

camilleion's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

maess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

_morgreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

eib_21's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

jayreadsthings's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts