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zoopalsfanaccount's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Bullying, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Eating disorder
Minor: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence
erica_reads_things's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Biphobia
oh_bother's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Self harm, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Violence
vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
gwimo's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Homophobia
sammyelliott_'s review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Excrement, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Child abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Classism, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, War, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
smalljoys's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail
dingokitty14's review against another edition
3.25
Execution 3 ⭐️
Already an Elliot Page fan, reading his memoir made me fall more in love with the insightful, deep, quirkily funny, and kind person that he is. I was delighted to learn that he is hella nerdy too! Not to mention ridiculously attractive-I did pause reading multiple times to look at the cover to appreciate his hotness on multiple occasions. The stories are heart wrenching and poignant, and I was utterly unprepared and devastated to hear about how much violence and hurt he has endured.
Having said all that, I think this book needed a much better editor, as it did not have a coherent flow. There was no rhyme or reason to the way different stories cut back and forth, and some of the language choices felt cliche. I think the chapter titles tried to introduce themes but the stories themselves never quite made it there. Lastly, violent homophobic and transphobic incidences and graphic sexual assault stories were interspersed throughout the memoir without any introspection, or pauses that could help readers catch their breaths. These stories were devastating to read, but sometimes felt too raw, and as a reader I felt some of my own unresolved trauma bubble up in response to these stories. I wish there were trigger warnings and also some mental health resources available to others who may be experiencing similar issues. I think Elliot has done an incredible thing in telling his story, but there are ways in which it could have been better. I am still honored and touched by his courage, and glad to have read it.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Homophobia
Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness
switchywitchsitch's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence
Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol