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In the Dream House

Auteur(s): Carmen Maria Machado
Narrateur(s): Carmen Maria Machado
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In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. 

And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope - the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman - through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships.  

Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.

©2019 Carmen Maria Machado (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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Stunning to listen to

I love this audiobook.
When I first started to listen to it I wondered how it was written in these brief chapters and how it would come together. After awhile I saw the brilliance in that.
It brought some knowledge that should be apparent to me but somehow you think in gay relationship there’s nothing but sheer bliss. I have a gay nephew who lives with his man and hear that they fight a lot. I thought to myself “how cute “ and just figure it must be nothing serious. Why would I assume that.
So this listen opened up my eyes and I realize things can go wrong in any relationship.
I love Carmens voice. She tells the story with such grace and such a melodious voice that I wish to listen to it always.
Definitely a book I would love to read as well just to absorb the full story.

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In the Dream House

My God, this was a gift to listen to.

Machado uses the many chapters, titled as genres, signifying both the fracturing nature of the abuse and the need to make sense of things by categorizing them.

With a lilting, rhythmical voice she conveys her story. With sharp, precise words, she breaks apart so many assumptions society has: metaphors, cliches, caricatures that shape our understanding of relationships, abuse and queerness. With lovingly crafted imagery, she unlocks the chests of our biases, revealing how much absolute nonsense we've left unexamined.

Her voice is so vulnerable the entire time and in its softness articulates so many indignities, pain, fear and grief. Listening to the audiobook felt like she'd slipped into my own body and gently pressed all the inexpressable places we both hurt. And through it, her ability to describe things with a poet's brush just made me ache for and admire the enduring beauty of her character.

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The weird tone and second-person narrator ruined the experience for me

In the Dream House" explores a crucial and sensitive topic – domestic violence in the queer community. While acknowledging the importance of the subject, I found that the author consistently portrays herself as the victim, which may not fully reflect the complexities of such situations. The use of a second-person narrative made it challenging for me to connect with the story, and the audiobook's peculiar tone, akin to poetry, felt mismatched with the content. Despite wanting to love the book, these aspects ruined my overall experience w this book.

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Harrowing, devestating, poetic

I was incredibly engaged from start to finish. Queer intimate partner violence is a taboo topic that the author delves into graciously. She pours out her soul.

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When you know

Perfectly worded, narrated just right. I Love how Carmen is open, raw and self-aware (even if by hind sight on occasion). Cathartic, important and lovely. 🤗

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Oof.

"What is the value of proof? What does it mean for something to be true? If a tree falls in the woods and pins a wood thrush to the earth, and she shrieks and shrieks but no one hears her, did she make a sound? Did she suffer? Who’s to say?"

I have stopped giving full reviews to memoirs because it feels wrong to rate someone telling their life experiences, however this memoir hit home and brought up some things I have tried to bury deep. I was bookmarking almost every chapter because the author's words were triggering, but in an almost cathartic way.

The way the author portrays her experience with domestic abuse as house-of-horrors of sorts was smart as hell. I normally have a hard time digesting memoirs, but the way she framed her experiences almost read like fiction. I finished the audiobook in two days flat; I just couldn't turn it off.

My one issue with the audiobook was simply the editing of the audio. The author narrates this herself, and I think that is the best way to tell her story, however the little gasps for air in between each sentence and the occasional sound of swallowing saliva took me out of the book sometimes. Maybe it's because I edit a lot of audio for a living and always make sure to edit out breaths, but I just had to mention that here.

This one hurt, but in a healing sort of way. If the synopsis of this memoir resonates with you like it did me, consider picking it up.

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Such an anxious voice

The story sounded heartbreaking and I wish I had read it instead of listening to the audiobook. The audiobook was so anxious sounding the whole way through.

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Not a fan of the reader.

I liked the book but the reader has such an annoying pace like she is out of breath all the time. I found it irritating and distracting.

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Beautiful and heartbreaking

This was totally different than anything I’ve ever read and I was so excited for that. It was soothing, heartbreaking, melancholy.

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Incredibly moving

Couldn’t stop listening to this. The author is incredible and it was amazing to hear her narrate her own book.

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