In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press, 2019)

★★★★☆

(content warning: emotional abuse, sexual assault, rape)

A memoir of an abusive queer relationship, told through a collection of short chapters, each presenting the author’s experience through a particular narrative trope.

Harm and abuse have been top of mind for me lately—ever since the #MeToo movement gained momentum, ever since one of my favorite comic book authors was exposed as a serial predator, ever since I learned that someone I was close to committed intimate partner violence and attempted rape.