Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Pageboy by Elliot Page

50 reviews

stellahadz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

hazelwood's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

This was a very interesting and reflective read for me, I was surprised how open and honest Elliot was able to be with his audience, especially about very sensitive and personal moments in his life. It really felt like a friend who was telling you about his life. And I related to a lot of what he went through in regards to being transgender. 

That said, I haven't read many memoirs in my life, so take this with a grain of salt: I didn't really like the way the book is written with the events all out of order. It was confusing and tended to give me metaphorical whiplash. But maybe that's just the way memoirs are. I also wish that Elliot had gone into more about his transition and his feelings about it. The whole thing felt rushed into at the end of the book, with only a few sentences about taking hormones. I get it if he wants privacy about his current life, but considering how depressing the rest of the book's events are, I feel like readers could benefit from seeing more of the light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps the memoir could have been left to simmer for a few years while Elliot got used to his "new" life, giving him more moments of trans joy to write about?  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

usuallyaudio's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I loved hearing Elliot Page's journey, espicially it read by the author. It was very introspective and heart wrenching to hear his struggles, and being able to peek behind the curtain of the film industry as a young LGBT+ individual. His stories were sincere, and he kept identities anonymous for those who didn't want to be named. 

The timeline jumped around somewhat, and only once was I unsure when a story was taking place. I am so happy for Page that he felt safe, secure and confident enough to share his story, but am so sorry he had to go through as much as he did. Page also graciously  acknowledged his privilege, and how it helped him quickly receive medical/gender affirming care once he was finally ready to reach for it. I hope this memoir can help others feel seen, and can help to create safer spaces and foster healthy relationships. I really look forward to what he will do next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Outing, and Gaslighting

rionstorm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

I love reading about other transmascs :) This is definitely self indulgent, but then it is a memoir so no better place i guess. 
In between the long list of his ex-partners there's some really honest and vulnerable stuff about being trans that i resonated with a lot, and that I'm glad that other people, cis and trans, will get to read. I also really liked how he explained why he was using his previous name at times, and clearly laid out that he wasn't comfortable with others doing that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

lambclown's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Gaslighting

eicart_reads's review against another edition

reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Stalking

There are several descriptions of non-consensual sex where he felt unable to say no or felt like he had to/should go along with it.

thriftstoreclown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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.

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Excrement

Moderate: Vomit