Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

33 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia

lqne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Blood

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: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

A difficult read, but an important one. Elliot Page is such a phenomenal actor and iconic celebrity, but the man can write, too. He shares his story - which is fraught with neglect, queerphobia, and sexual violence, among other traumas - with such precise descriptions, tongue-in-cheek humor, and frank honesty. I listened to the audiobook version of Pageboy, and I got the extra treat of hearing it all in his own voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

-Deadnaming isn't really, like traditional deadnaming -Elliot chooses to use his former first name at some points and comments on it specifically in his initial author's note. I only note it so you're not surprised to see/hear it. -Child abuse is neglect and verbal.

green_squids's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eleasereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Torture, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Classism

smalljoys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

As other reviewers have shared, the time jumps in the book were a bit hard to digest. (for example; going from a story of elliot at age 6 and then jumping to age 19 and back to age 6 and then to age 28) I had trouble keeping up with the time jumps. Altogether though, thank you Elliot Page for sharing yourself with us. I appreciate you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

xarsonx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcohol and Pandemic/Epidemic