Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

127 reviews

hellokira's review against another edition

adventurous

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Eating disorder, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

Minor: Bullying

moliviabow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A heartwarming and personal journey! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, and Stalking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Outing

miekss's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

I had a different anticipation for this book than the content actually described. 

I really didn’t like his writing style as the event order of this book wasn’t linear which is fine but it wasn’t clear when we had gone back in time or fast forwarded to future. 

I also thought that the contents of this memoir did not live up to the hype for me as majority of chapters just covered who they’d been in romantic/sexual relationships with and that they’d ended mostly because

someone was closeted / fear of being publicly out

which could’ve been covered in a third of the book to move onto other themes. 

I was shocked at the quantity and severity of verbal threats he endured growing up as someone suspected of being gay and then out as gay. This was really sad and hard to read. He didn’t go much into how this affected him emotionally or what he did to move through some of these events which would definitely shake you up. 

I also wanted more insight into their process for top-surgery and mentioning of being on T in more depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Stalking, and Homophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

rainbowbrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

re_oanslay's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexism, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

cats33's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Deadnaming, Outing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Outing, Mental illness, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Deadnaming, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Elliot does not hold back.  His soul is bared about the struggles of coming out in the public eye.  Very honest and real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Drug use, Cursing, and Misogyny

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

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

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