Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

41 reviews

zoopalsfanaccount's review against another edition

reflective

4.0

I didn’t need all of the Canada geography tbh but I did enjoy getting to know him more. A very intimate book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Minor: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

erica_reads_things's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

A beautifully written account of Page's intensely personal story and path to living as his true self. It took me a little while to get into his writing style, but once it was familiar to me I could not get enough of this book. Highly recommend listening, as Page narrates it himself and I always love to hear memoirs from the person's own voice. So well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Biphobia

oh_bother's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book is such a gift. It was really painful to read at some parts and I cried several times. Elliot has experienced so much pain and hurt, but remains such a forgiving and gentle soul. Inspiring and heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence

vanessa_reads_a_lot's review

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

gwimo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

sammyelliott_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

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

smalljoys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

As other reviewers have shared, the time jumps in the book were a bit hard to digest. (for example; going from a story of elliot at age 6 and then jumping to age 19 and back to age 6 and then to age 28) I had trouble keeping up with the time jumps. Altogether though, thank you Elliot Page for sharing yourself with us. I appreciate you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

dingokitty14's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.25

Content 5 ⭐️
Execution 3 ⭐️ 
Already an Elliot Page fan, reading his memoir made me fall more in love with the insightful, deep, quirkily funny, and kind person that he is. I was delighted to learn that  he is hella nerdy too! Not to mention ridiculously attractive-I did pause reading multiple times to look at the cover to appreciate his hotness on multiple occasions. The stories are heart wrenching and poignant, and I was utterly unprepared and devastated to hear about how much violence and hurt he has endured. 
Having said all that, I think this book needed a much better editor, as it did not have a coherent flow. There was no rhyme or reason to the way different stories cut back and forth, and some of the language choices felt cliche. I think the chapter titles tried to introduce themes but the stories themselves never quite made it there.  Lastly, violent homophobic and transphobic incidences and graphic sexual assault stories were interspersed throughout the memoir without any introspection, or pauses that could help readers catch their breaths. These stories were devastating to read, but sometimes felt too raw, and as a reader I felt some of my own unresolved trauma bubble up in response to these stories. I wish there were trigger warnings and also some mental health resources available to others who may be experiencing similar issues. I think Elliot has done an incredible thing in telling his story, but there are ways in which it could have been better. I am still honored and touched by his courage, and glad to have read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

switchywitchsitch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol