Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

28 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

andthenweread's review against another edition

3.5

i enjoyed listening to elliot tell his own story, but the non-chronological timelines of the book made it a bit difficult to keep track of what happened when. it was also a bleaker read than i anticipated, but that proves that elliot is a strong person who’s overcome many hardships. i’m so glad he is able to finally accept himself and feel safe enough to be freely queer in the world <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Stalking

sandakie's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

cghegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

In this incredibly thoughtful and well-written memoir, Elliot Page deliberately meditates and threads together a narrative of pain and the most intense self-discovery. It was a good memoir, a beautifully crafted book, but extremely difficult to read. Page has rendered his agony and self-loathing so well that it’s difficult to sit with and parse with him as he cycles through nonchronological threads, looping over and over through small moments in time to piece together meaning. It is well crafted, a quilt in twenty nine shades of blues, but it is wave after wave of agony and sadness, and moments that linger on joy or relief or self discovery have less focus and the same breath of life that Page can write into his moments of darkness and loss. All this to say: I’m beyond grateful this narrative exists. It is going to save someone’s life. But I advise exercising care when reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Stalking, and Outing

Minor: Bullying

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was an interesting but sometimes difficult read. It was hard to read about people treating Page awfully both at home and at work but it was reassuring to see how much he always enjoyed acting. Whip It is one of my favourite movies and I've always really liked Juno so I enjoyed reading about what it was like behind scenes. I would have like more stories from the sets but it's quite a short book and I realise that wasn't really the focus of the memoir. I do wonder I would have found the book more impactful had it been told in a linear way, as I was often a little confused about where we were in his life. However it was clear that writing the book was part of his healing process so I'm really glad he was able to do it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gabrielle_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

morningsunwildflower's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

Elliot tells his story in an unchronological order, it makes it hard to follow. 
Make sure you read the TW if you need any, this book contains many of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

eleasereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

frankiebaxter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Adored it, lent to multiple friends already. Cathartic for a trans masc person and would be very informative for cis people too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Transphobia