Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

157 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

2.75

So the actual story is really compelling about heartbreaking but, like most memoirs I read, is jumbled and feels unfinished. This book would have benefited with a chronological order format or at least naming the year each story was in. Page uses ages as time markers and as someone who has no idea how old they are, it was confusing. Page also throws in lots of random info that doesn't contribute to the story, like info about landmarks or anecdotes about childhood musings. The parts of the story that felt relevant and composed, like Page's tumultuous relationship with their dad or growth in relationships, added reflection and complexity that's desperately needed in this book. I wish I liked this more because learning about Elliot Pages story was so engaging (plus I love them!) but, this book was a little too all over the place for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Body shaming, Homophobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Stalking, Transphobia, and Violence

trinidaddy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Cursing, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Stalking, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

schmoxe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Child abuse

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

whitneys_bookstack's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

Low rating is just for the writing being disjointed. I would get confused at where we were in the timeline. Definitely would recommend to people who like reading about the behind the scenes to famous people and hearing about self discovery and queer journeys. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Transphobia, and Homophobia

composed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

This is one excellent depiction of an autistic trans experience (while obviously not representing everyone by any means). I've never been so certain in my life that a famous person was autistic who isn't out. There were so many common elements of a monotropic experience. 

That said, this book was extremely triggering so I wouldn't recommend it without talking about the graphic and repeated sexual assault, self-harm, disordered eating, and queer-and-transphobia. The childhood trauma is clearly still in process, and hearing about trauma someone's still working through (especially when it mirrors elements of my own) is rough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Stalking

jennw2ns's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Self harm and Child abuse

meganb392b0's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

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