Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

132 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

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

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

amvera's review

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Outing

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

cats33's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Deadnaming, Outing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood

antidietleah's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Bullying

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

lukests's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Outing, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexism, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Deadnaming

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