In the Dream House

I don't like memoirs. I remember reading one in middle school, and what little memory I have of it, it was–lack of a better word–boring. My friend and I used to joke about how you'd have to deem yourself so important to write a book about yourself (the only exception being war heroes or nurses). In my eyes, everyone was living the same normal life, so why write about your dull life?

When I first heard about this book, I was wary because everyone knows books without dragons are tedious to read. But I–like Machado–am a sucker for haunted houses. So I downloaded it onto my kindle and spent the most of two days reading it, being totally immersed into the life of a writer trapped in an abusive relationship with her girlfriend.

I found myself relating to her story: the feeling of being trapped and somehow forgetting the world is out there. Even though the author's experiences are her own, I found that the feeling is the same, no matter if it's an abusive girlfriend or homophobic parents.

Each chapter treated like a piece of micro-fiction helped expand the world of the dream house, especially when a new style or structure was used (my personal favorite is the chapter Dream House as Choose Your Own Adventure).

I rated it a four star, but I have to bump it up to a five. I'll look forward to re-reading this book.

Thx for reading ❤