Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

251 reviews

houseren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

juliarenae's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

i loved how the book was written, how raw, and exemplified her truth. it’s also incredibly brave to talk about your relationship and the abuse she survived. I think it’s powerful that she was able to be so raw and vulnerable with her audience. It was truly captivating and is a game changer for LGBTQ relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

mindfullybritt's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, and Sexual assault

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I absolutely adore this book. Right off the bat I would have given it 5⭐, but I listened to it on audiobook. And as much as I love listening to especially memoirs read by the authors, this text was a bit hard to follow at first on audiobook. I plan on reading a paper copy soon and will likely give it a full 5. 

I loved the narrative style and tropes of the Dream House once I got used to the flow. I really appreciated how Carmen held the complexities of domestic violence and the topic and experiences within the queer community. This text will absolutely remain an important work in queer narratives. So well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Alcohol, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, and Stalking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fatphobia

rovwade's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

jmhighto's review

emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

klor's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i don't have much to say other than that this book was written with such love and care and even then, i still had an insanely visceral reaction to it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.5

damn i really wish i paid more attention in my literary theory class. I feel like it would’ve heightened the experience for me. the style of writing in this book is so compelling, I found myself framing my own memories in it: “dream house as” and second person pov. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia

mmefish's review

challenging medium-paced

2.5

This memoir reads just like one big writing exercise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

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