Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

80 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

A touching memoir about Elliot's journey to be who he is. There are mentions and focus on the various abuses a trans person, especially a celebrity trans person, faces throughout their life. Each chapter felt like a snapshot of Elliot's life. The audiobook edition is read by Elliot himself and that was such a nice touch. Some readers may need to cover this in a group discussion as it can sometimes be a bit tricky to remember what events happened when. For me the effect was that of a conversation and I enjoyed that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Stalking, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

matildamercury's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

2.5

This book made me feel warm and fuzzy a lot simply because I came of age as a lesbian with Elliot’s movies and coming out. I also really liked the descriptions of Canada and, as always, the dyke drama tea. 

However after completing it, I realised I really disliked it. 

This memoir finished with no actual introspection, self realisation or broader contextualisation. The closest thing we got was the pitiful chapter on his top surgery. He basically talked about how amazing it was and how relieved he felt but that he felt a need to express his gratitude bc of his privilege (eg lots of trans men don’t have the money, community supports etc to access top surgery) - before ending it with a “but it’s my basic rights and I shouldn’t have to feel grateful because I deserved it” ? And that was pretty much it in the way of acknowledging broader contexts for his life. Which included things such as: anorexia, self harm, emotional abuse by a parent, having a pedophilic stalker as a teenage girl, large scale homophobia and transphobia, and the list goes on !!! I was truly expecting these struggles to be rooted by Elliot societally and acknowledge the wider traumas of growing up in a patriarchy, and maybe solidarity with other gnc/trans/gay people but no. Nothing. Really disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Vomit, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

hannahduda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

sandakie's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Cursing, Transphobia, Hate crime, Stalking, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Blood, Self harm, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Excrement, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Deadnaming, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Alcohol, and Sexual violence

annaofjesup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Dysphoria, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Rape, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body horror, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

lqne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was the memoir I didn’t know I needed in my life. Elliot Page’s reflections contained so much Canadian content that I haven’t seen in many books, and loved being able to recognize so many places or cultural touchstones growing up in a similar era. Memoirs are an incredible format to let people in to your lived experiences and takes a lot of courage to write and share. That is no exception in this memoir, and I appreciate the rawness, vulnerability and emotional honesty that Page expresses. I think that if you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, you’ll enjoy Page’s memoir and his reflections on the entertainment industry, challenging family dynamics, mental well-being, love, and finding and expressing one’s identity in the spotlight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Torture, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

hmetwade's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

av0universe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

3.5

 Honestly, how do you rate a non-fiction book? Especially one that it's a memoir, like it's someone else's life ? (anyway I'll think about it and maybe come back to rate it-or maybe not)

So, this book is my first non-fiction ever. It's was a wild ride and it was amazing, difficult to read but so full of emotion and lessons. As a non-binary young person, reading about Elliot's long journey to acceopt themselves reminded myself how lucky I am to be in a safe space to come out and how lucky I am to have figured it out so early in my life.

As I said, this book is difficult to read/listen. I felt so seen but so fucking enraged and sad at the same time, no one deserves to go through what Elliot went through on his childhood on top of the constant feeling of not belonging as the person other people suppose you are.

Please, check trigger warnings if you're inclined to read this, it touches some topics in depth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail