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A review by kaiad
Pageboy by Elliot Page
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.5
While I appreciate how raw this memoir was, the structure was difficult to read. This book is nonlinear in the most dramatic way, jumping from his childhood to marriage to teenage years with no warning.
Page also describes a dozen sexual encounters in detail yet most of the time we never hear about that specific person again or understand why it was brought up. There are also small writing style things that bothered me, such as mentioning “ketchup chips” over and over by name in one chapter or describing events in Canada’s history that didn’t feel very relevant to the story at hand.
Overall it’s a meaningful account of someone experiencing gender dysphoria from a young age but it was not my favorite book to read.
Page also describes a dozen sexual encounters in detail yet most of the time we never hear about that specific person again or understand why it was brought up. There are also small writing style things that bothered me, such as mentioning “ketchup chips” over and over by name in one chapter or describing events in Canada’s history that didn’t feel very relevant to the story at hand.
Overall it’s a meaningful account of someone experiencing gender dysphoria from a young age but it was not my favorite book to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Transphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault