Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

136 reviews

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: Medical content, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

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

Minor: Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

hannahduda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

danalynn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Medical content, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Stalking

sandakie's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Cursing, Transphobia, Hate crime, Stalking, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, Self harm, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Excrement, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Deadnaming, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Alcohol, and Sexual violence

annaofjesup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Dysphoria, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Rape, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body horror, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This was really sad, but made me happy that Elliot can be open with himself and his experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Transphobia, Self harm, Stalking, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Moderate: Deadnaming

larbster90's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Medical content

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abandonment, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was the memoir I didn’t know I needed in my life. Elliot Page’s reflections contained so much Canadian content that I haven’t seen in many books, and loved being able to recognize so many places or cultural touchstones growing up in a similar era. Memoirs are an incredible format to let people in to your lived experiences and takes a lot of courage to write and share. That is no exception in this memoir, and I appreciate the rawness, vulnerability and emotional honesty that Page expresses. I think that if you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, you’ll enjoy Page’s memoir and his reflections on the entertainment industry, challenging family dynamics, mental well-being, love, and finding and expressing one’s identity in the spotlight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Torture, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol