Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

70 reviews

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.75

It feels weird to rate someone's memoir but I want to give it many stars to counterbalance the deductions by other reviewers based on the book's structure.

The non-linear narrative was a clever and interesting choice. If it feels fragmented, that's exactly the point. It is also refreshingly different from the more typical year-by-year account. This is not a typical autobiography after all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Bullying, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Rape, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug use, Outing, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, and Excrement

Minor: Cursing and Deadnaming

eleasereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

carriepond's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Pageboy is the memoir of actor Elliot Page. Although it is a celebrity memoir in the sense that it recounts some of his experiences working as an actor, including relationships with fellow actors and all manner of abuse from fellow actors or directors, it is not a sensationalist or "tell-all" type of account. Rather, the touchstone of Page's memoir is the toll that remaining closeted about his sexuality and gender identity had on all aspects of his life, making it difficult to forge meaningful relationships or to ever truly relax within himself, and taking him to some dark places-- self-harm, disordered eating, suicidal ideation.

This book has a lot of really gut-wrenching, sad moments and others that will piss you off. But there are also so many beautiful moments where Page describes being held up by those who loved and supported him over the years and the feeling of ease, euphoria, and completeness that emerged once he stepped into his truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Outing, Torture, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Deadnaming

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I feel so bad about giving this book any less than 5 stars because it really is powerful and so important and poignant and has some really fantastic diction. But I just can't get over how confusing the timeline could get because of how this memoir was formatted. I almost think titled chapters would have helped? It was just hard to remember what was happening when and in relation to other things in the book because it jumped around in time so much.

I will say that that could be intentional because certainly navigating one's own sexuality and gender are not straight forward processes either, but it still took me out of the reading  experience a lot which impacted how I felt about the book for sure.

Otherwise, this book was fantastic. I always find memoirs like this from people in the public eye so fascinating because it goes to show how much they are experiencing life just like the rest of us despite the image we see of them everywhere. I know this doesn't mean much to him personally obviously lol, but I'm so proud and happy that he was able to get to the point where he could not only take the leap to live as his authentic self but to share a piece of his journey to that, including many not so pretty parts, with readers like myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use

librariana's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Bullying, Outing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Mental illness

findleydunn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I'm glad I read this book. I've taken the writing to be in the form of Elliot's train of thought rather than traditional writing style. Once I made my peace with that and pretended I was in Elliot's head, I felt more able to resonate with the book. I really identified with a lot of Elliot's experiences as a trans person and was interested to read about his life experiences.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Outing, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Transphobia

dianavdavidson_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Homophobia, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Gaslighting, Deadnaming, and Bullying

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Drug use, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Outing, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, and Drug abuse

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I love EP and appreciate his vulnerability in this piece. However, the majority of the novel was challenging. Pedophelia, non consensual physical advances, parental abuse/neglect, parental abandonment/narcissism… yowza was this a potluck of triumph and pain. Not what I had in mind going into it, but I’m grateful for the read. It was really nice being able to trust his account of things so easily; he’s able to hold the good and the imperfect about himself and his choices so earnestly and mindfully compassionate that it was clear the work he’s done. Bravo for lovely people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Pandemic/Epidemic