Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

116 reviews

kimchisam1119's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Child abuse and Deadnaming

eamador's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

lspbooks's review against another edition

I read 115 pages or 42% but never became invested and didn't enjoy the pace or style. Many negative anecdotes and painful recollections including recounts of trauma/violence experience. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

silvavavava's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Stalking, Outing, and Dysphoria

mmikenaite's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying and Hate crime

imscrem's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

I appreciate that Elliot Page took the time to write down his story. I listened to the audiobook, and found it difficult at times to understand what time period in his life he was writing from due to the somewhat jumpy narrative.  I didn’t enjoy hearing about his sexual escapades or the many, many times he was sexually abused, but I have to acknowledge that these are true parts of his story and the book would not have been complete without them. It was uncomfortable to hear about who licked what while I rode the subway. Overall, I this book definitely wasn’t what I expected — I thought it would be a more uplifting take on the trans experience, but came out thinking it’s more of a dismal array of all the ways that people can be horrific to someone for being different. I wish the world was kinder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I was excited to see that Page read his own audiobook - memoirs always seem to have a greater impact on me when done this way. However, the chapters felt so disorganized to me, both in chronology and topic. While I appreciate Page’s acknowledgement of his privileged identities, I want to read more memoirs by trans folks of color.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment