Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

21 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

Don’t skip the acknowledgments. If you’re not crying from the last two chapters you will be from those. A brutal depiction of gender dysphoria and the effect it takes on us. It was fun to identify with Elliot among his queerness but also his literature and music interests. He includes on honest statement of privilege that was sincere and right on point. It was non-linear and I’m not sure it worked. I think the pacing could have been better if it was more of a timeline, with a few flashbacks here and there. I loved hearing Elliot read it and hearing the emotion come through. I was surprised at the amount of sexual content (consensual and not) through I think it’s important for queer folks to be able to identify with the violence, confusion, and joy that are often associated with our sexual experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hannahduda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

“It’s not trans people who suffer from a sickness, but the society that fosters such hate.” - Elliot Page

A wonderfully hopeful yet sometimes heartbreaking book about life as a trans person as told by a trans person. And not just any person but a celebrity. Because of this book I now know how horrible things were for Elliot before he came out, when he first came out, and when he came out again.

The chapters where he reflects on his parents, their reactions, and how they treated him broke me into a million pieces. I love my children and always will; no matter who they are or grow up to be. 

Elliot describing what it felt like to finally be able to be his true self and feel comfortable in his skin was so powerful. I’m glad the world has him and this memoir. 

Though will say, speaking as a Canadian myself, Elliot talks about ketchup chips a lot. I’m surprised he didn’t bring up Tim Hortons more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Stalking

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

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_jennaalbright_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

rayreyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I love EP and appreciate his vulnerability in this piece. However, the majority of the novel was challenging. Pedophelia, non consensual physical advances, parental abuse/neglect, parental abandonment/narcissism… yowza was this a potluck of triumph and pain. Not what I had in mind going into it, but I’m grateful for the read. It was really nice being able to trust his account of things so easily; he’s able to hold the good and the imperfect about himself and his choices so earnestly and mindfully compassionate that it was clear the work he’s done. Bravo for lovely people 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kshertz's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This memoir was so important for me to read. I feel like it was so important for Elliot to write. I definitely thought it was the right amount in terms of length and information given. I think Elliot might come out with another book maybe 20 years in the future that will have even more revelations. But I definitely recommend this to any person that has trans friends or family or just wants to understand a trans person a little more. I definitely agree with Elliot that this is only one person’s story but hearing his story just made a world of difference to me to help me to understand everything that a trans person might go through.  The only reason it’s not five stars is because he definitely name drops a lot of people and I just hope that he got permission from them to do that and because I haven’t heard if that’s true or not I kind of have some empathy for people who are name dropped here that might not want to be

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria