Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

380 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, Dysphoria, and Sexual content

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

daniduplisea's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Homophobia, and Transphobia

kaiad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

While I appreciate how raw this memoir was, the structure was difficult to read. This book is nonlinear in the most dramatic way, jumping from his childhood to marriage to teenage years with no warning. 

Page also describes a dozen sexual encounters in detail yet most of the time we never hear about that specific person again or understand why it was brought up. There are also small writing style things that bothered me, such as mentioning “ketchup chips” over and over by name in one chapter or describing events in Canada’s history that didn’t feel very relevant to the story at hand.

Overall it’s a meaningful account of someone experiencing gender dysphoria from a young age but it was not my favorite book to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

kayarosee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Addiction, Sexual content, Sexism, and Eating disorder

kaylamarieestes's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Transphobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

dalstellar's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

crags617's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm

voxlunae's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Self harm

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

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