Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

420 reviews

organicsquid's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.25


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fatfrog's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0


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simonefk's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

4.0

An honest, brave and beautiful memoir.

Elliot's writing is beautiful, brutally honest, he really shares openly and offers insight into gender dysphoria and queer experience as well as fame and Hollywood. 

His writing covers his life from childhood in Canada through to finding mainstream fame in Juno and right up to coming out publicly as trans and having his top surgery. I found his writing to be so descriptive and vivid, I'm not at all familiar with any of the places mentioned but I felt like I was there.

Pageboy, as you would expect does cover some dark topics and doesn't make for easy reading. I'm generally not a fan of celebrity memoirs but this is definitely more than that and I would recommend it even if you're not familiar with Elliot as an actor. 

As others have mentioned, it is non-linear and time does jump around which is why I have rated 4 stars and instead of 5. It can be a bit difficult to follow. 

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writewithapendragon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is hard and raw and sensational. Plenty of content warnings but truly an insightful and amazing autobiography. 

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emotional hopeful reflective

3.5


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lspbooks's review against another edition

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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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sammy357's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Loved this book! I listened to the audiobook and it was great. Love when the author does the audiobook too.
Like others have mentioned, the timeline was hard for me to follow at times, especially when listening to the audiobook.

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luisaoropeza83's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0


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emadisonc's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I’ve nothing new or profound to say, nothing that hasn’t been said before, but I know books have helped me, saved me even, so perhaps this can help someone feel less alone, seen, no matter who they are or what journey they are on. Thank you for wanting to read about mine.

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augusthoney's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

2.5

An important memoir, of which I might not be the target audience. I think this would have hit me harder a few years ago, though so would the eating disorder sections have. But, importantly, just because this isn't my trans experience, does not mean I wouldn't recommend it to a friend who might be questioning some stuff.

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