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kthompson19's review against another edition
3.25
That said, this was still impactful for me as a gender non-conforming person. Page’s experience with dysphoria rang true to my own experiences as a kid. His descriptions are vivid and poetic, disturbing in the way they’re able to capture what not being at home in your body feels like. A resonant read, but still one that I was ready to be finished with.
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, and Alcohol
peckreadsbooks's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Transphobia
mads_reads_books's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Lesbophobia, and Outing
mels_reading_log's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
stevia333k's review against another edition
4.25
Anyways, after a while certain parts about being trans were like oh good my transfemme self isn't alone.
The relationships though & the shadow work kinda went over my head because I'm aromantic but the workplace accident (because of how wreckless the directors were to black & queer lives) helped connect me to the kind of stuff he meant, so I am thankful he included workplace incidents like that.
Also the memoir isn't told as chronologically, so basically if you're taking notes then I recommend trying to make a character list sort of glossary since the time dimension doesn't sort them, but some segments are like public letters.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
dani_reis's review against another edition
0.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
5.0
A memoir from Academy Award nominated actor Elliot Page about his life, including his career and his journey to coming out as trans.
I’ve been on a huge celebrity memoir kick lately, and this is one of the best I’ve read all year. Pageboy is raw and vulnerable and honest, and made me simultaneously so sorry for all Elliot has gone through and so glad he can now live his truth.
The narration of the audiobook was also fantastic, and delivered in a way that really added to the presentation of the story. Overall, if you’re interested in memoirs, I highly recommend this one.
CW: transphobia; homophobia; eating disorder; body horror/dysmorphia; sexual content; drug use; mentions of suicidal thoughts and self harm
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic