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theknm's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
ewwa18's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
Minor: Blood
mpeach's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Alcohol
krmreads2024's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Lesbophobia
rafdee13's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting
droggelbecher42's review against another edition
4.5
The many short vignettes showcasing different moments of her life and her relationship with the dream house woman partly through layered metaphors worked very well for me.
Particularly loved the use of footnotes and I'm glad that I didn't opt for the audiobook because they apparently omit them.
Will probably reread this at some point, I think it's a book that might profit from a reread, going in with all the information you have from the first read through
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
chrisnglaser's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
standardchaos's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
lpogo16's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, and Dementia
klsreads's review against another edition
5.0
I've never read anything quite like this - I loved the vignette narrative structure. The book moved quickly because most sections were short. A couple of the tropes dragged on for me/didn't hit 100%, but I was enthralled and could hardly put it down. A few standouts for me - "Dream House as Deja Vu" (x3), "Dream House as Queer Villainy" (!!!), "Dream House as Bluebeard", "Dream House as the River Lethe", "Dream House as Choose Your Own Adventure" ...... ok, I have to stop or I'm going to quote half of this work.
Even more wild: I was in Iowa City as an undergrad during the events of this book. Did I see Carmen and the Woman from the Dream House at a coffee shop, at Obama's speech, in a bookstore? It makes me shiver, the ways people suffer out of view.
Brilliant. Carmen Maria Machado is an absolute force and a genius of prose and innovative structure. I HIGHLY recommend this book, but mind the CW's. Machado doesn't shy away from the gore at the heart of her story.
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis