Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

281 reviews

silverseaslug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.5

This was a wild ride, though a rather disorganized one. It was interesting to hear Elliot tell their story in their own words (literally, as I listened to the audio book). Could have benefited a lot from some more structure, as it rambled a lot, but overall I was worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Stalking

bremixtli's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

dalstellar's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

crags617's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Self harm

shadowlesbian's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

This story wants to communicate that there were some big name actors at these scenes and parties, but won’t tell us who, which eventually just got tiresome and confusing. Overall a good piece of writing, would be good for a lot of gen z queer people to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Minor: Blood and Vomit

mychemegan's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

2.5

It's hard to rate memoirs and I think Elliot has the right to share his story however he feels best represents what he has to say. But in my opinion this book fell really flat. I felt that it would have benefited from a linear storyline and found jumping from one age to another without any indication of doing so really confusing and disjointed. I also just felt that it lacked introspection. We heard incredibly graphic depictions of homophobia, abuse, and his sexual exploits, but it felt like we got the pain without the resolution or growth from it. And hey, maybe that is where he's at in his life! Maybe he is still processing all this pain and still has growing and reflection to do. I guess I just struggled with /why/ he wrote the book. I can see how it would be cathartic for him to let all this out, but I'm not sure what the reader has to gain from it. Overall, I appreciate that he shared his story and I'm glad I read it, it just really left me wanting more in the bad way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, and Dysphoria

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

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

I really loved this! It seems like the nonlinear story telling is something that folks seem really divided on, but I thought he did it really well. I enjoyed the way he wrote generally speaking, but also specifically the nonlinear narrative. 

I really resonated with the way he described some more internal experiences - as a fellow pisces, that internal escapism is unfortunately quite a mood (especially re: the closet and gender dysphoria). I really enjoyed the different aspects of relationships he discussed in here and the discussion of boundaries and autonomy. There were definitely some hard parts to read emotionally, but it was all really well done and I really liked this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Colonisation

stellahadz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Vomit