Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

14 reviews

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

matildamercury's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

2.5

This book made me feel warm and fuzzy a lot simply because I came of age as a lesbian with Elliot’s movies and coming out. I also really liked the descriptions of Canada and, as always, the dyke drama tea. 

However after completing it, I realised I really disliked it. 

This memoir finished with no actual introspection, self realisation or broader contextualisation. The closest thing we got was the pitiful chapter on his top surgery. He basically talked about how amazing it was and how relieved he felt but that he felt a need to express his gratitude bc of his privilege (eg lots of trans men don’t have the money, community supports etc to access top surgery) - before ending it with a “but it’s my basic rights and I shouldn’t have to feel grateful because I deserved it” ? And that was pretty much it in the way of acknowledging broader contexts for his life. Which included things such as: anorexia, self harm, emotional abuse by a parent, having a pedophilic stalker as a teenage girl, large scale homophobia and transphobia, and the list goes on !!! I was truly expecting these struggles to be rooted by Elliot societally and acknowledge the wider traumas of growing up in a patriarchy, and maybe solidarity with other gnc/trans/gay people but no. Nothing. Really disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Vomit, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

starwitness's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

murve's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Self harm, Addiction, and Racism

emmakchapman's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Rape, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gore and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

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

leahfoko's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexism, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Blood

beatingaroundthebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Stalking, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Transphobia, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Racism

madscientistcat's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried in the intro and that really just set the tone for the whole book. I feel almost overwhelmed with how incredible it is to hear Elliot's story this way. I can't recommend the audiobook enough; hearing it in his own voice is a beautiful thing.
(Seriously check the content warnings though, this is not an easy one)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Rape, Drug use, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Hate crime

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit

Additional content warning for obsessive compulsive behavior/disorder

blueoddity's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Violence, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Colonisation, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Hate crime, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Car accident, Classism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content