Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

16 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried in the intro and that really just set the tone for the whole book. I feel almost overwhelmed with how incredible it is to hear Elliot's story this way. I can't recommend the audiobook enough; hearing it in his own voice is a beautiful thing.
(Seriously check the content warnings though, this is not an easy one)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Hate crime and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

Additional content warning for obsessive compulsive behavior/disorder

blueoddity's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

shector1's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

starklinqs's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

This memoir was great, and I loved what Elliot chose to share in it. However, the biggest problem was in the non linear narrative. It was incredibly confusing in this book, and some stories were written so vaguely that I ended up confused at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Transphobia and Death of parent

redroseses's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

imstephtacular's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Raw, heartbreaking, poetic, and ultimately joyful. The writing was stunning. I am endlessly grateful that these stories are able to be told 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit