Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

107 reviews

lmy612's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful hopefully and sometimes heartbreaking book about life as a trans person as told by a trans person. And not just any person but a celebrity. Because of this book I can imagine how horrible things were for Elliot before he came out, when he first came out, and when he came out again.

The chapters where he reflects on his parents, their reactions, and how they treated him broke me into a million pieces. I love my children and always will; no matter who they are or grow up to be. 

Elliot describing what it felt like to finally be able to be his true self and feel comfortable in his skin was so powerful. I’m glad the world has him and this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Body horror, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Transphobia, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Drug use, and Infidelity

annaofjesup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Dysphoria, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Rape, Vomit, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

raichou's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Elliot Page did a fantastic job at describing and communicating how he was feeling growing up and how he ended up being able to finally be himself. 

It was such an insightful book about the struggles of growing up feeling different than everyone else, but not quite understanding why. It's about accepting people the way they are, without trying to change them. Sometimes that includes cutting people out of your life, who can't accept you for who you are. 

It was very moving and I felt for him the whole time.
The only thing that keeps me from giving it 5 stars, are the time skips from chapter to chapter. For me, it was a bit confusing trying figure out at what time in his life it happened. 

Apart from that, a great book, dealing with some hard topics, but it's also hopeful and I wish him all the best.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

skylaturner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Transphobia

thriftstoreclown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Excrement

Some of these subjects are kind of par for the course when contextualized with what we know about Elliot publicly already (as a public figure who came out as a lesbian in 2014 before eventually coming out as trans) such as lesbophobia, transphobia, religious bigotry, mentions of (potential) hate crimes. But Elliot’s story is also full of history not only around the Canadian landscape of his youth, but also of characters that he has played, and he does not shy away from sharing all of the gory details of

a local explosion that devastated Nova Scotia, or even the way that one of his film characters was murdered.

, which are mentioned in great detail. There are also several instances mentioned in detail where Elliot describes being

sexually assaulted

, and he also describes other instances of verbal abuse, often closely linked.

hdhreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

cdace8's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.0

If you like raw and chaotic memoirs this is for you.

I enjoyed and didn't enjoy this book all a the same time.  I loved the story & was saddened by all the things Elliot has gone through.

This book very much felt like a conversation and the timeline jumps all over the place.

No matter what it is a brave story to tell and I will always be an Elliot Page fan :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, and Eating disorder

murve's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Self harm, Addiction, and Racism

fluffyfox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Outing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape