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ashleighaddams's review against another edition
5.0
This memoir illustrates a life time of struggle, inauthentic and genuine connectivity with others, a journey of self discovery and coming into their identity.
Elliot Page manages to create a memoir that can connect to the hearts of many, particularly trans people who need to know their own identity doesn’t necessarily come to overnight.
He manages to articulate the struggle inside a brain that so many of us grapple with.
I will be forever grateful and truly honoured that we were privileged to be told about his life.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm
Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Hate crime
fanboyriot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Outing, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Transphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Blood, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Stalking, Rape, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Classism, Medical content, and Drug use
halem13's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Child abuse, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking
kld8338's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Stalking
phouka's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Child death, Homophobia, Stalking, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Drug use, Medical content, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, and Rape
Minor: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic
natashaball's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Hate crime
Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming
caw21's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Self harm
mels_reading_log's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Hate crime, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Drug use, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body shaming, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia
stevia333k's review against another edition
4.25
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.
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