Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

505 reviews

bchantele15's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

treenakar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual violence

rhiwind93's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

annagerman's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

It took me a long time to get into this book, but when I did, I find to be a unique and fascinating reading experience. It was definitely very original and infornative, but the structure kept me from fully engaging with the story. Also it felt over-stylized and impersonal at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

cdeleonjoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

charliewarliee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

In The Dream House is a beautiful memoir by Carmen Maria Machado. The writing style is beautifully poetic and the vocabulary that Machado uses is absolutely stunning. I will say that this is easily read in mass chunks, and I ended up taking a break from this book because the vocab was just a lot. It’s incredibly complex and at times hard to understand. Overall, a very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Child abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit

the_readingraven's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Such beautiful writing and so informative. Please review the triggers before reading.

I can't express in my normal jargon how emotional this work made me. Like seriously, home girl better never met me cause she's catching these hands for putting Carmen through it! Jk... 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

sian_angharad's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

buttercat42's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Somewhat difficult to get into at first, and then impossible to put down. I love the fragmented format and found it very readable. The writing was deliciously intelligent. An important queer story I didn’t know I needed. One quibble— of course I understand the importance of the more educational passsges at the end, but they felt poorly incorporated with the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia