Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

169 reviews

lqne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was the memoir I didn’t know I needed in my life. Elliot Page’s reflections contained so much Canadian content that I haven’t seen in many books, and loved being able to recognize so many places or cultural touchstones growing up in a similar era. Memoirs are an incredible format to let people in to your lived experiences and takes a lot of courage to write and share. That is no exception in this memoir, and I appreciate the rawness, vulnerability and emotional honesty that Page expresses. I think that if you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, you’ll enjoy Page’s memoir and his reflections on the entertainment industry, challenging family dynamics, mental well-being, love, and finding and expressing one’s identity in the spotlight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Torture, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

viktorsboy's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Self harm, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, and Stalking

thriftstoreclown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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 of

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a local explosion that devastated Nova Scotia, or even the way that one of his film characters was murdered.

, which are mentioned in great detail. There are also several instances mentioned in detail where Elliot describes being

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sexually assaulted

, and he also describes other instances of verbal abuse, often closely linked.

e11en's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Stalking, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Pedophilia

hdhreads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

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

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Stalking, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Sexism

raptorq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry