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katherinejayne's review against another edition
4.0
One thing I liked about the writing was the brutal honesty and the push/pull tension. There was a real sense of reaching a moment of clarity then retreating.
Whilst it’s not an experience I can fully ever understand, I think most of us can empathise with coming to terms with elements of ourselves we’ve been told aren’t ideal.
Perhaps that, plus Page’s easy writing style made this so gripping for me.
Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, and Transphobia
the_true_monroe's review
4.0
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
phouka's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Child death, Homophobia, Stalking, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Drug use, Medical content, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, and Rape
Minor: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mels_reading_log's review
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Hate crime, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts
stephmcoakley's review
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Drug use, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body shaming, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia
stevia333k's review
4.25
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.
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
subbasileia's review
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Cursing, and Transphobia
Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
dorhastings's review
- The organization (lack thereof) was absolutely all over the place. I don't mind a nonlinear plot, including in a memoir, but this was particularly difficult for me to get through.
- Endless accounts of sexual assault and sexual harassment. It is absolutely awful that Page endured all of this hateful behavior, no question. I could not handle it. At just under 2 hours, I could not fathom how I would listen to another 6 hours of this book. I gave myself another day, and I just could not listen to it anymore. Switched audiobooks mid-drive.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
marmaladereads's review against another edition
I love Elliott Page's work and I love him no less for having read this book, but I probably would not recommend this to other queer readers. This is an incredibly difficult, depressing, and mostly tragic story of mental illness struggle, how cruel society is towards queer and trans people, and a first hand account of why trans people have such a high rate of mental illness and suicide.
There is an incredible amount of explicit, graphic on page homophobia, transphobia, and abuse in this book.
It's highly relatable, well written, and feels incredibly true, but also made me feel sad and scared about the state of the world, and I have quite enough of that in my life already, tyvm.
Do check the content warnings before reading.
Graphic: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Transphobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Body shaming
badbadwolf's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual content, Medical content, Dysphoria, Bullying, Homophobia, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment