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This memoir by Elliot Page feels like stepping into his mind. From childhood freedom to the turmoil of life and to another portal now. He writes with deep reflection and vivid memory and describes personal moments that resonate years later along with swirling thoughts. So much is captured with all the senses. Trans people should never have to beg to be believed AND Elliot has written in a way that it is impossible for an open mind to not to understand his experiences and point of view.

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reflective medium-paced

4.0

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

Firstly, the good. The writing was good and it was a quick read. Now, the not so good. The writing, while good, could be overly flowery. Like Page was trying too hard to sound eloquent and losing their point in the process. The chronology of this book was very hard to keep up with. Hand in hand with the chronology, the lack of a coherent timeline made it difficult to deduce the purpose of this book. There were parts that made me think it was their relationship to their queerness and how it affected their relationships. And other times I thought it was more of a journal. And other times I thought it was more of a case study on trans-ness’ effect on people’s physical and mental health. It’s possible that this could’ve been all of those things, but the lack of a sequential order made it hard to be any of those things. It was also very explicit. Which isn’t necessarily unheard of in a memoir, but it did surprise me. I will say, there was a point that Page mentioned being infantilized and I found myself slipping into that during parts of this book too, so it does have the ability to make you question yourself and check yourself.

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3.0

this was a lot.

and a lot more sexual focused than i expected and personally needed.

one of the biggest struggles with reading autobiographies for me is always reviewing those books.

because clearly for elliot what was written was important and was something that the author felt like it needed to be in the book.

but as a reader i didn’t need to know so many sex details?
also the constant jumping between different time lines and moments, memories and events was a lot as well.

it was good written and it’s fantastic that this book is out for everyone.

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