Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

50 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

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

wrensandroses's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Drug use, 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

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

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This was a difficult read. What other reviews have mentioned is true, there's not a really clear linear structure. But there is a structure, it's just more circular or spiral-y in nature. The structure seems a little fuzzier than what most of us are used to, which is one reason why this is a memoir, not an autobiography.

There was also more explicit material than I'd been expecting, but it was all relevant, not gratuitous. 

All things considered, I'm glad I read it. If you're interested in Elliot's story then I'd recommend you read it, if you aren't interested in his story then you probably won't enjoy the book very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Deciding to love yourself was the whole point of this book.  All the ups and downs of life, the self discovery of a trans person.  The pain of being trans and living in a world not built for trans people.

While some of the pacing was a bit awkward and the timeline was difficult to follow but I ended up loving listening to this; especially since the author was also the narrator. 

I learned a lot about this author and I’m so happy that he was in a place to write this book and share it with the world.  I also liked how he mentioned several times about his privilege in a very genuine way, actually acknowledging the problems with trans healthcare and other issues as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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