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julianaparra's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Self harm, and Rape
subbasileia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Cursing, and Transphobia
Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
marmaladereads's review against another edition
I love Elliott Page's work and I love him no less for having read this book, but I probably would not recommend this to other queer readers. This is an incredibly difficult, depressing, and mostly tragic story of mental illness struggle, how cruel society is towards queer and trans people, and a first hand account of why trans people have such a high rate of mental illness and suicide.
There is an incredible amount of explicit, graphic on page homophobia, transphobia, and abuse in this book.
It's highly relatable, well written, and feels incredibly true, but also made me feel sad and scared about the state of the world, and I have quite enough of that in my life already, tyvm.
Do check the content warnings before reading.
Graphic: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Transphobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Body shaming
laughingrecord's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Medical content, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Misogyny, Bullying, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
Moderate: Blood
clarelou07's review against another edition
3.5
- The chapters feel like short stories, scattered throughout Elliot's life
- There is a lot about sex and relationships (which makes sense given Page's coming out as gay paving the way to be himself). However, there are some sex scenes from their younger years which read as sexual abuse. Beware if this is a trigger.
- As a Southern queer nonbinary person, Elliot's reflection on sexuality and gender was refreshing to read. I wish the world were kinder to exploration like this, and I'm happy Page exists publicly to share his story.
- While wanting to love this, the book was okay for me. I'm generally not a memoir person, but wanted to give this a shot.
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts
dani_reis's review against another edition
0.5
Graphic: Self harm, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Excrement, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Vomit
niquee3317's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content and Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Bullying, and Stalking
whiptaill1z's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Transphobia, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Bullying, and Deadnaming
cryptidrea's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Stalking, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Dysphoria
rainbowbrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, and Transphobia