Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

256 reviews

stacy_85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

nad_books623's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

“It is painful the unraveling, but it leads you to you.”

This book would be 5 stars if the timeline wasn’t so confusing. I had to constantly go back or think about the timeline. Due to Elliot mentioning something where he’s 10 for example and then when he’s 33. If it was in chronological order I think it would be easier to piece together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Misogyny and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, and Vomit

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Deciding to love yourself was the whole point of this book.  All the ups and downs of life, the self discovery of a trans person.  The pain of being trans and living in a world not built for trans people.

While some of the pacing was a bit awkward and the timeline was difficult to follow but I ended up loving listening to this; especially since the author was also the narrator. 

I learned a lot about this author and I’m so happy that he was in a place to write this book and share it with the world.  I also liked how he mentioned several times about his privilege in a very genuine way, actually acknowledging the problems with trans healthcare and other issues as well.

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Stalking

mcnoble's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Elliot Page’s memoir captivates a multitude of emotions during his journey to sharing his self with the world. Through reflections into his childhood, he shares his years filled with pain, body dysmorphia, and the confusion of not being able to be who he really is. His writing is detailed, poignant, and beautiful. I think everybody could learn from reading his memoir; learning about trans experiences and also, learning about themselves alongside another person’s reflections. He is humble about his writings but this was perhaps my favorite memoir that I have ever read. Thank you, Elliot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Outing, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Stalking, Car accident, Eating disorder, and Drug use

exhumedprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I'd die for Elliot Page

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Dysphoria, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug use

phouka's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

doverpl's review against another edition

4.0

Liv - 4.25
Rachel - 4

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Dysphoria