A review by eleanor_rose22
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I am lost for words, this was the most beautiful, astute, devastating, heart-stopping, incredible piece of writing. Her articulation of the overwhelming terror that results from psychological abuse felt like a stab in the chest. The genius of the genre-hopping, the continual struggle to articulate what has been spoken about so little, the words don’t exist. Absolute perfection. I’m so sorry Carmen, but also thank you, so much.