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jialianyang's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
plutos_atmosphere's review against another edition
5.0
A necessary read for everyone, everwhere.
Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Dysphoria
macykey's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
brynalexa's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
nicsbooksandnooks's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria
Minor: Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
matildamercury's review against another edition
2.5
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.
Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
hannahduda's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sandakie's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
lambclown's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Gaslighting
theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderfully hopeful yet sometimes heartbreaking book about life as a trans person as told by a trans person. And not just any person but a celebrity. Because of this book I now know how horrible things were for Elliot before he came out, when he first came out, and when he came out again.
The chapters where he reflects on his parents, their reactions, and how they treated him broke me into a million pieces. I love my children and always will; no matter who they are or grow up to be.
Elliot describing what it felt like to finally be able to be his true self and feel comfortable in his skin was so powerful. I’m glad the world has him and this memoir.
Though will say, speaking as a Canadian myself, Elliot talks about ketchup chips a lot. I’m surprised he didn’t bring up Tim Hortons more.
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Stalking