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thistle_rose's review against another edition
4.0
Read if you want to know Elliot's story and his transition, not if you want an exploration of transness.
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia
azaline's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Outing, and Gaslighting
tishtashohmygosh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Blood, and Vomit
csoyars's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
vixenreader's review
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Be aware that there are themes of parental neglect, rejecting a trans child, bi-erasure, putting actors in harm’s way, the influence of the internet, tension within unhealthy relationships, unhealthy polyamory, heartbreak, threats towards trans and queer folks, nudity in film, erasure of queer identity, and being forced back into the closet.crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
I will say this felt a bit unedited, especially near the end. Page repeats himself pretty often (one of the most memorable being his constantly feeling like he needs to "shit blood") which isn't too terrible but was something I noticed. I didn't factor this into my review, but the audiobook also felt a bit lesser quality; there were multiple times that lines were repeated because takes weren't edited properly, and there were random drops in audio quality that weren't awful but definitely noticeable.
This is overall an inspiring, heartfelt story but there is a healthy mix of heartbreak as well. I was especially moved by the way Elliot told his experience with homophobia, internal and external, and how that kept him from finding his identity for so long. I also found the perspective of trying to navigate queerness while also trying to navigate celebrity culture and his career as an actor super intriguing.
I think if you go into this knowing it's not going to be a typical memoir with a clear, linear timeline, you will enjoy it, and especially if you are already a fan of Elliot.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
fanboyriot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
phouka's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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
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