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blueoddity's review against another edition
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
michala1182's review against another edition
I didn't enjoy Page's writing style - each chapter chops and changes from childhood to adulthood (as memoirs are apt to do), but there is no real throughline, rendering it difficult to interpret the correlation between events - and those that are mentioned are retellings, offering no insight or reflection on their significance. Unfortunately, this results in Pageboy becoming something of a hollow read that I grew weary of and unable to finish.
Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Eating disorder
starklinqs's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Transphobia and Death of parent
arya_pirate_queen's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
syds_shelves's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Suicide, Transphobia, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Violence
imstephtacular's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Stalking, Cursing, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, and Transphobia
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Excrement, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Minor: Vomit
meghan's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Violence
river23's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder
Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Torture
nevermoorian_reader's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Child abuse, and Rape
jess_esa's review against another edition
4.5
I honestly didn’t know what to expect but since I love Elliot Page it was an instant purchase.
This memoir really dives into his childhood trauma and trauma around coming out, including all of his relationships and hookups along the way. He makes it clear he still has a lot of work to do unpacking everything he’s been through, and you can very much see he’s still on a journey.
I would say you need to be in the right frame of mind to read this because there are some really difficult topics addressed here including abuse, sexual assault and disordered eating. This is particularly apparent in the first half of the book.
I really enjoyed his tangents, I felt like a learnt a lot about Nova Scotia, the environment, roller derby, the city of Los Angeles…and more! It’s written like a friend telling you a story and I appreciated that.
I feel like some people might struggle with how disjointed it is, it really flits between time periods and topics with no real through line. But I honestly really enjoyed that and it kept me interested.
I personally wish there’d been a little bit more about the Umbrella Academy era. But he generally doesn’t linger much on his work outside of how incredibly uncomfortable it has been masking all these years and how suffocating the whole industry can be for queer people.
Overall, I highly recommend!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction
Minor: Emotional abuse