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Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

50 reviews

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

lukests's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

schmoxe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Outing

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

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

isa_isa's review against another edition

Elliot is a beautiful writer but the timeline was so confusing it was hard to keep up and maintain momentum in the story. Check the trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

janwe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Written in beautiful and impressive prose, this book is inspiring, heartbreaking, informative, and raw. It is a window into queer life, and a testament to the difficulties and necessity of living your truth. It is not just for my fellow memberd of the LGBT community (heyyyyy). It has important lessons for everyone.

Page is a poet. His words are imbued with so much meaning and emotion.

He offers a comprehensive look at trans life, and never talks down to his audience. He is an inspiring author. I am so glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

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

matildamercury's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

2.5

This book made me feel warm and fuzzy a lot simply because I came of age as a lesbian with Elliot’s movies and coming out. I also really liked the descriptions of Canada and, as always, the dyke drama tea. 

However after completing it, I realised I really disliked it. 

This memoir finished with no actual introspection, self realisation or broader contextualisation. The closest thing we got was the pitiful chapter on his top surgery. He basically talked about how amazing it was and how relieved he felt but that he felt a need to express his gratitude bc of his privilege (eg lots of trans men don’t have the money, community supports etc to access top surgery) - before ending it with a “but it’s my basic rights and I shouldn’t have to feel grateful because I deserved it” ? And that was pretty much it in the way of acknowledging broader contexts for his life. Which included things such as: anorexia, self harm, emotional abuse by a parent, having a pedophilic stalker as a teenage girl, large scale homophobia and transphobia, and the list goes on !!! I was truly expecting these struggles to be rooted by Elliot societally and acknowledge the wider traumas of growing up in a patriarchy, and maybe solidarity with other gnc/trans/gay people but no. Nothing. Really disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria