Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

48 reviews

imscrem's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

I appreciate that Elliot Page took the time to write down his story. I listened to the audiobook, and found it difficult at times to understand what time period in his life he was writing from due to the somewhat jumpy narrative.  I didn’t enjoy hearing about his sexual escapades or the many, many times he was sexually abused, but I have to acknowledge that these are true parts of his story and the book would not have been complete without them. It was uncomfortable to hear about who licked what while I rode the subway. Overall, I this book definitely wasn’t what I expected — I thought it would be a more uplifting take on the trans experience, but came out thinking it’s more of a dismal array of all the ways that people can be horrific to someone for being different. I wish the world was kinder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use and Excrement

acechemicals's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Outing, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

reading_diaries's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Amazing book! In no way are the actual events or experiences great or deserving for any person but the way in which Elliot Page told the story and brought more awareness to a variety of topics is something he should be applauded for. This books deals with a lot of sick and troubling topics, most of which I was unaware before going into so please read the content warnings.

Growing up watching Elliot Page on the big screen as a fellow Canadian, it felt surreal and now listening as a filmmaker, I feel more sadden by the what he went through. It's absolutely inexcusable the behaviour and the trauma Elliot Page went through over the course of his life. His stepmom makes my skin crawl. And the pedophile stalker makes my stomach turn. It feels wrong that one person had to endure multiple traumas at once without ever fully healing from the last one. 

Overall I will say this book was a little hard to follow. There were multiple times where I picked up the book and didn't quite know what year it was and what we following. Felt more like a diary entry than a book - which in this case I did actually enjoy since it's a memoir and super personal about his life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

azaline's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A structure based on the journey towards self-love, this memoir is deeply poignant, unflinching, and vulnerable, and a honest experience about how wilful ignorance and prejudice ultimately perpetrates the bigotry experienced by the trans community. 

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Content Warnings

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.

alexayres47's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

phouka's review

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

cryptidrea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, and Dysphoria