Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

166 reviews

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Biphobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Infidelity, and Rape

kendal_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Lesbophobia

miasreadingcorner's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

linopalve's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

The audiobook took a bit of time to get used to the almost poetic structure of the book. The book itself is so immensely meaningful and the prose is absolutely beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Lesbophobia

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

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

abmochapman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

In the Dream House might be one of those books to which I return again and again. Although Carmen Maria Machado’s writing is at times difficult and frustrating or simply gauche, it is also at times full of beauty and release. And what’s more is how much her words speak to experiences resemble my own despite the world of difference between them. 

Abuse in queer relationships is unique and deserving of the time and attention she pays to it in this book, and yet, the pain I experienced in abusive heterosexual relationships seems almost the same. I do not know the specific pain of being betrayed by a same-sex partner, someone who is so similar to me, but I do know what it’s like to doubt my own experiences and even wish there had been physical scars to which I could point as evidence. I understand that sick desire to be hurt enough to be heard.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Infidelity

zoinkie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

17kmcollins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

harrimyers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

i am absolutely overcome with emotion. i cant say i’ve read many memoirs but this was maybe one of the most imaginative, deeply feeling and evocative approaches to a memoir i’ve ever come across. every piece of description and dialogue was so heart-wrenchingly personal and impactful.

Spoiler

the academic tone that underlined some of the chapters mixed with machados introspection and detail of her own experiences was a beautiful, haunting, and sensitive choice. the tone remained strong all the way through and the choice to advocate throughout this book was done very well. the metaphors, literary choices, and overall approach were just fantastic. the sources she used, the media that she critiqued and used to tell her own story along side of it were beautifully picked and j now have a list of essays, movies, and topics to go through. the choice to format each chapter in short vignettes centred around one theme, motif or technique was brilliant and i especially loved the use of footnotes to the folklore motif reference book, as reading them following the passage only heightened the point she was trying to make. some of these footnotes were so powerful, even if the reference was only 2 words. one that stood out to me was when she was describing her inability to masturbate, and she likened it to the motif of ‘losing magic power’, alongside the themes of sexual relation and her own acknowledged high sex drive and the power she personally got from sex, was a really insightful choice. 

the last two lines of thr acknowledgement. were beautiful. and i’m so grateful to have read this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship