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Pageboy by Elliot Page

103 reviews

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

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abandonment, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia

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

thriftstoreclown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Excrement

Some of these subjects are kind of par for the course when contextualized with what we know about Elliot publicly already (as a public figure who came out as a lesbian in 2014 before eventually coming out as trans) such as lesbophobia, transphobia, religious bigotry, mentions of (potential) hate crimes. But Elliot’s story is also full of history not only around the Canadian landscape of his youth, but also of characters that he has played, and he does not shy away from sharing all of the gory details of

a local explosion that devastated Nova Scotia, or even the way that one of his film characters was murdered.

, which are mentioned in great detail. There are also several instances mentioned in detail where Elliot describes being

sexually assaulted

, and he also describes other instances of verbal abuse, often closely linked.

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

a very great memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, and Medical content

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

This book was hard for me. I really had to take my time with it and go slowly. Elliot has (in my opinion, perception, and observation) had a very difficult life and it was tough to consume. Especially with the social work I do I had to be careful not to listen to it on the way to work so the difficult contents wouldn’t color my work. But I also think stories like this are so important to be told. To be heard. To be recognized. Elliot is a person. Their story is real. And he is not alone. We must do better in supporting and loving our lgbtq+ family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, and Stalking

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

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

“I am evolved as I freed myself from the expectations of others. These memories shape a nonlinear narrative, because queerness is intrinsically nonlinear, journeys that bend and wind. Two steps forward, one step back.” 

➽ I liked Elliot Page since I saw him in The Umbrella Academy and was super excited about his memoir! It delves into his struggles with his sexuality, gender and his complex family dynamics. The book was hard to read at times, as Page discusses the homophobia and harassment he encountered throughout his life and career. It's told in a nonlinear narrative that jumps between different phases of his life ... sadly this didn't work for me. Nonlinear storytelling can work, but I don't think it was well-executed here. I was mostly confused as we jumped randomly between different times in Page's life, so it was difficult to keep track of things. As much as I like him as an actor and advocate, the writing left a lot to be desired. I was missing some more introspection, as the memoir didn't delve as deep as it could have!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

A difficult read, but an important one. Elliot Page is such a phenomenal actor and iconic celebrity, but the man can write, too. He shares his story - which is fraught with neglect, queerphobia, and sexual violence, among other traumas - with such precise descriptions, tongue-in-cheek humor, and frank honesty. I listened to the audiobook version of Pageboy, and I got the extra treat of hearing it all in his own voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Outing, Self harm, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

-Deadnaming isn't really, like traditional deadnaming -Elliot chooses to use his former first name at some points and comments on it specifically in his initial author's note. I only note it so you're not surprised to see/hear it. -Child abuse is neglect and verbal.