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Pageboy by Elliot Page

105 reviews

clarelou07's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

• The chapters feel like short stories, scattered throughout Elliot's life
• There is a lot about sex and relationships (which makes sense given Page's coming out as gay paving the way to be himself). However, there are some sex scenes from their younger years which read as sexual abuse. Beware if this is a trigger.
• As a Southern queer nonbinary person, Elliot's reflection on sexuality and gender was refreshing to read. I wish the world were kinder to exploration like this, and I'm happy Page exists publicly to share his story.
• While wanting to love this, the book was okay for me. I'm generally not a memoir person, but wanted to give this a shot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

rainbowbrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, and Transphobia

tracy_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Reading Elliot's story took me quite some time due to the heaviness of their traumas. I deeply loved hearing his story and am so thankful that he is able to share it.

"It is not trans people who suffer from a sickness, but the society that fosters such hate."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Drug use, Transphobia, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

junglejelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Overall, I did like this book, especially as a fan of Elliot Page. I just wish the writing had been as strong thought the book as it was at the end.

The writing itself was heartfelt and raw throughout. However, I did feel it was not as strong at the beginning than at the end. At times I also struggled with the nonlinear timeline but this is likely a personal preference.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Eating disorder, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Body shaming, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

sorcha's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Outing, Mental illness, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Deadnaming, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

dalstellar's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Homophobia

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