Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

49 reviews

subbasileia's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Cursing, and Transphobia

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

kiwichill's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Elliot does not hold back.  His soul is bared about the struggles of coming out in the public eye.  Very honest and real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Drug use, Cursing, and Misogyny

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

abicaro17's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

2.75

So the actual story is really compelling about heartbreaking but, like most memoirs I read, is jumbled and feels unfinished. This book would have benefited with a chronological order format or at least naming the year each story was in. Page uses ages as time markers and as someone who has no idea how old they are, it was confusing. Page also throws in lots of random info that doesn't contribute to the story, like info about landmarks or anecdotes about childhood musings. The parts of the story that felt relevant and composed, like Page's tumultuous relationship with their dad or growth in relationships, added reflection and complexity that's desperately needed in this book. I wish I liked this more because learning about Elliot Pages story was so engaging (plus I love them!) but, this book was a little too all over the place for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Body shaming, Homophobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Stalking, Transphobia, and Violence

trinidaddy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Cursing, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Stalking, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

kelisabeth's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Drug use, Medical content, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Self harm

rsagarin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Outing, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Medical content, Cursing, Eating disorder, Deadnaming, Vomit, Homophobia, and Sexual content

aaashtyn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I am glad I read this book, I was very curious to learn about his story and I love The Umbrella Academy. It’s sad to read about people’s struggles just for simply existing and trying to be happy. I feel like it’s a great read to understand someone’s experience as a trans male, and to better understand the trans experience a little more. The main problem I had was the actual story structure of the book. It jumped back and forth between many different times in life and it would sometimes be hard to follow what was happening. Overall it was a good book, it was just sometimes hard to follow the story and the purpose of referencing a story and why it was connected to another story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

callidoralblack's review

emotional

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, Bullying, Body shaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, Alcohol, Body horror, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Abandonment

macykey's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content