Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

32 reviews

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

a very great memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, and Medical content

jamiejanae_6's review

hopeful informative reflective sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Stalking, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Excrement

nyxveris's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Grief

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

hannannahgram's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Hate crime

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

mazeeee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Grief, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

green_squids's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Bullying, Blood, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death of parent

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

findleydunn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I'm glad I read this book. I've taken the writing to be in the form of Elliot's train of thought rather than traditional writing style. Once I made my peace with that and pretended I was in Elliot's head, I felt more able to resonate with the book. I really identified with a lot of Elliot's experiences as a trans person and was interested to read about his life experiences.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Outing, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Transphobia