Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

50 reviews

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.25

The last 3rd was good, and i say this because the first 2 thirds were violent as hell. I had to learn that he was in a lot of action movies basically in order to handle it & i also could only listen 10 minutes at a time at triple speed. 

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sundayfever's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

Great to hear the author's story. But the story felt so hard to follow because it jumps around in time so much. It felt disorganized and disorienting. Some stories and anecdotes started but never had an ending. Also stressful to live inside someone else's anxiety, hard for me to read. I didn't connect with his voice or emotions very easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Deadnaming and Self harm

Minor: Religious bigotry

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

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

just_curious34's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

A queer coming-of-self story, an autobiography of a 35 year old. 

It was a quick read, alternating between seemingly universal queer stories and Elliot inadvertently name dropping stars that played an important role in his life. 

I enjoyed this book. It was a very fast read for me, perhaps because I really enjoyed reading the representation I felt he gave to different parts of my queer life.   

But at the same time, in many ways, many of the stories feel very surface level. It felt like when there was something that was difficult, such as when he was to blame for a failed relationship, Page would often lose the words or change the subject (most commonly in the middle of the book). While this is his right as the author, this book feels like it was written to help Elliot process his pain that’s still very fresh, rather than impart his wisdom after the fact. I’d be curious what this book would look like if he wrote it in 10+ years.

Content warning: Page talks pretty openly and graphically about his sex life over the years. It is part of what makes this book very queer, but may affect who you recommend the book to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

vagaybond's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Medical content, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I feel like it’s almost impossible not to give a memoir 5 stars, simply because it is someone else’s life experience, and how am I to judge that? But this one was very good. It highlights the importance of being kind to everyone, especially those in the LGBT+ community. I enjoyed hearing Elliot narrate his own audiobook because I could hear the emotions in his voice throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bumblemee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

I'm very glad Elliot wrote this book - he says in the beginning that he has "nothing new to say", but it doesn't have to be new to be impactful. I hope this book reaches a lot of people who need it.
I liked the writing style (read in German though), it was easy to read and felt very close to a thought process. However, sometimes it felt like too much of a thought process to me. It was hard to follow at times because the book didn't have much of a timeline. Sometimes a chapter starts with something in current day, then goes back to something that happened a few years ago, only to go back into Elliots teenage years and back again. It was a little hard for me sometimes to keep up with all the names and places and figuring out which year we were in, as well as piecing together what happened at the same time.
Other than that, I was emotionally involved and it was very interesting to have an insight into Elliots life and his long way to self acceptance. 

Must say though that you should take the content warnings into consideration and also beware that most of this book describes a person basically constantly suffering on some level. Idk, I think you have to be in the right mindset to read this, even if it ends on a hopeful note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol