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Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

16 reviews

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

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Outing, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cryscries's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved his narrative voice and reading it felt very genuine. To me I liked the non linear story telling of Elliot’s life - I especially found it relatable with his relationship with his father and struggling with mental health as an adult. I would like to know a follow up about Elliot’s life post surgery but I felt that the book really summed up his queer journey pretty well from past to present. There was just a lot I never knew Elliot faced (behind the scenes of movie sets, dysphoria as an actor, and celebrity life) - really glad to have picked this up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Racism, and Excrement

◦ Torture = Movie Plot based on real events

apothecarum's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

kays_reading_journal's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

5.0

Please see content warnings before reading this book. 

I’ve only read a handful of memoirs in my life but they’ve all been amazing, and Pageboy is as well. 

Just from the short authors note at the beginning of the book, I knew it would be incredible. It’s a story of discovering yourself and becoming comfortable in that discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol