pearlisarobot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abandonment, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use
Minor: Pedophilia
lqne's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Body shaming
Minor: Deadnaming, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship
thriftstoreclown's review against another edition
4.0
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 ofSpoiler
a local explosion that devastated Nova Scotia, or even the way that one of his film characters was murdered.Spoiler
sexually assaultede11en's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Stalking, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Pedophilia
siebensommer's review against another edition
4.0
hollywood is built on leveraging queerness. tucking it away when needed, pulling it out when beneficial while patting themselves on the back.
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, and Medical content
ari_bryce's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Biphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Transphobia
rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Deadnaming
hmetwade's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia
av0universe's review against another edition
3.5
So, this book is my first non-fiction ever. It's was a wild ride and it was amazing, difficult to read but so full of emotion and lessons. As a non-binary young person, reading about Elliot's long journey to acceopt themselves reminded myself how lucky I am to be in a safe space to come out and how lucky I am to have figured it out so early in my life.
As I said, this book is difficult to read/listen. I felt so seen but so fucking enraged and sad at the same time, no one deserves to go through what Elliot went through on his childhood on top of the constant feeling of not belonging as the person other people suppose you are.
Please, check trigger warnings if you're inclined to read this, it touches some topics in depth.
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail