Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

86 reviews

usuallyaudio's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I loved hearing Elliot Page's journey, espicially it read by the author. It was very introspective and heart wrenching to hear his struggles, and being able to peek behind the curtain of the film industry as a young LGBT+ individual. His stories were sincere, and he kept identities anonymous for those who didn't want to be named. 

The timeline jumped around somewhat, and only once was I unsure when a story was taking place. I am so happy for Page that he felt safe, secure and confident enough to share his story, but am so sorry he had to go through as much as he did. Page also graciously  acknowledged his privilege, and how it helped him quickly receive medical/gender affirming care once he was finally ready to reach for it. I hope this memoir can help others feel seen, and can help to create safer spaces and foster healthy relationships. I really look forward to what he will do next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Outing, and Gaslighting

hayleyvem's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

booking_along's review against another edition

3.0

this was a lot. 

and a lot more sexual focused than i expected and personally needed. 

one of the biggest struggles with reading autobiographies for me is always reviewing those books. 

because clearly for elliot what was written was important and was something that the author felt like it needed to be in the book. 

but as a reader i didn’t need to know so many sex details? 
also the constant jumping between different time lines and moments, memories and events was a lot as well.


it was good written and it’s fantastic that this book is out for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Blood

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

Don’t skip the acknowledgments. If you’re not crying from the last two chapters you will be from those. A brutal depiction of gender dysphoria and the effect it takes on us. It was fun to identify with Elliot among his queerness but also his literature and music interests. He includes on honest statement of privilege that was sincere and right on point. It was non-linear and I’m not sure it worked. I think the pacing could have been better if it was more of a timeline, with a few flashbacks here and there. I loved hearing Elliot read it and hearing the emotion come through. I was surprised at the amount of sexual content (consensual and not) through I think it’s important for queer folks to be able to identify with the violence, confusion, and joy that are often associated with our sexual experiences. 

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Content Warnings

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

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

A touching memoir about Elliot's journey to be who he is. There are mentions and focus on the various abuses a trans person, especially a celebrity trans person, faces throughout their life. Each chapter felt like a snapshot of Elliot's life. The audiobook edition is read by Elliot himself and that was such a nice touch. Some readers may need to cover this in a group discussion as it can sometimes be a bit tricky to remember what events happened when. For me the effect was that of a conversation and I enjoyed that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

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: 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

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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