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Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

67 reviews

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

starwitness's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

justkyliep's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

Reading this was a pretty interesting experience. A good one and one I was happy to have had, but...? In many ways, this memoir was exactly what I expected. It was almost comedic how easily I could guess which movies had been most impactful to Page and had the best sets/casts. And of course, coming out stories are only so many flavors of the same feelings. None of this is bad, and I was happy with the quality of the writing and the journey.

What caught me off guard was how bleak this memoir could be—easily comparable to I'm Glad My Mom Died. I like when things are truthful and I don't mind reading something depressing, but I was definitely unprepared. While I'm happy I took the time to read this, I'm definitely just as happy to be finished. I'm happy Elliot is past those chapters in his life as well. I hope his life doesn't require a second memoir like this, but I'd love to see him write again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Homophobia, Eating disorder, and Drug use

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

_desertbookreader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Elliot's memoir was a good read. I really emotionally resonated with a majority of this work, especially his relationship with his parents, and his journey through love. I'm grateful for him sharing his journey with us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

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

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

This book was hard for me. I really had to take my time with it and go slowly. Elliot has (in my opinion, perception, and observation) had a very difficult life and it was tough to consume. Especially with the social work I do I had to be careful not to listen to it on the way to work so the difficult contents wouldn’t color my work. But I also think stories like this are so important to be told. To be heard. To be recognized. Elliot is a person. Their story is real. And he is not alone. We must do better in supporting and loving our lgbtq+ family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, and Stalking

av0universe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

3.5

 Honestly, how do you rate a non-fiction book? Especially one that it's a memoir, like it's someone else's life ? (anyway I'll think about it and maybe come back to rate it-or maybe not)

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Body shaming, Self harm, Mental illness, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

emmajh91's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Outing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Transphobia, Drug use, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Homophobia