Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

11 reviews

the_true_monroe's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Stalking, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Drug use

stevia333k's review

dark tense slow-paced

4.25

The last 3rd was good, and i say this because the first 2 thirds were violent as hell. I had to learn that he was in a lot of action movies basically in order to handle it & i also could only listen 10 minutes at a time at triple speed. 

Anyways, after a while certain parts about being trans were like oh good my transfemme self isn't alone. 

The relationships though & the shadow work kinda went over my head because I'm aromantic but the workplace accident (because of how wreckless the directors were to black & queer lives) helped connect me to the kind of stuff he meant, so I am thankful he included workplace incidents like that.

Also the memoir isn't told as chronologically, so basically if you're taking notes then I recommend trying to make a character list sort of glossary since the time dimension doesn't sort them, but some segments are like public letters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Blood, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Self harm

niquee3317's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

I could have done with less specifics about his sexual experiences and more about life experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Bullying, and Stalking

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

brandie_abbie19's review

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theverycraftyvegan's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

“It’s not trans people who suffer from a sickness, but the society that fosters such hate.” - Elliot Page

A wonderfully hopeful yet sometimes heartbreaking book about life as a trans person as told by a trans person. And not just any person but a celebrity. Because of this book I now know how horrible things were for Elliot before he came out, when he first came out, and when he came out again.

The chapters where he reflects on his parents, their reactions, and how they treated him broke me into a million pieces. I love my children and always will; no matter who they are or grow up to be. 

Elliot describing what it felt like to finally be able to be his true self and feel comfortable in his skin was so powerful. I’m glad the world has him and this memoir. 

Though will say, speaking as a Canadian myself, Elliot talks about ketchup chips a lot. I’m surprised he didn’t bring up Tim Hortons more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Stalking, Infidelity, and Drug use

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was the memoir I didn’t know I needed in my life. Elliot Page’s reflections contained so much Canadian content that I haven’t seen in many books, and loved being able to recognize so many places or cultural touchstones growing up in a similar era. Memoirs are an incredible format to let people in to your lived experiences and takes a lot of courage to write and share. That is no exception in this memoir, and I appreciate the rawness, vulnerability and emotional honesty that Page expresses. I think that if you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, you’ll enjoy Page’s memoir and his reflections on the entertainment industry, challenging family dynamics, mental well-being, love, and finding and expressing one’s identity in the spotlight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Torture, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

veelaughtland's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Excrement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Self harm

shoohoob's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Loved this. Was a little hard to follow at times, but it was such a great insight into Elliot Page’s life. Fantastic writing debut!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Stalking, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Excrement, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Classism, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, War, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis