Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

273 reviews

eveningcrickets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Oof, a difficult read, but such an important one. Loved hearing Elliot read the book. Loved reading this and realizing certain things about my own childhood that Elliot brought to life. Incredible, authentic, relatable, and most of all, very human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

alexmh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

re_oanslay's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Blood

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

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

kiwichill's review against another edition

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: Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

codyemma's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

2.75

So the actual story is really compelling about heartbreaking but, like most memoirs I read, is jumbled and feels unfinished. This book would have benefited with a chronological order format or at least naming the year each story was in. Page uses ages as time markers and as someone who has no idea how old they are, it was confusing. Page also throws in lots of random info that doesn't contribute to the story, like info about landmarks or anecdotes about childhood musings. The parts of the story that felt relevant and composed, like Page's tumultuous relationship with their dad or growth in relationships, added reflection and complexity that's desperately needed in this book. I wish I liked this more because learning about Elliot Pages story was so engaging (plus I love them!) but, this book was a little too all over the place for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

silverseaslug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.5

This was a wild ride, though a rather disorganized one. It was interesting to hear Elliot tell their story in their own words (literally, as I listened to the audio book). Could have benefited a lot from some more structure, as it rambled a lot, but overall I was worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Stalking