Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

217 reviews

fatfrog's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use

lspbooks's review

I read 115 pages or 42% but never became invested and didn't enjoy the pace or style. Many negative anecdotes and painful recollections including recounts of trauma/violence experience. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

lupetuple's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.75

My man Elliot Page needed a better editor... I suspect his intention was to capture the nonlinear experience of being transgender, considering his allusion to it in the introduction, but he failed the execution, because the memoir comes off haphazardly slapped together, like an attempt to make sense of his past in the form of a published work, and thus doesn't truly cohere. I related to his experience quite a bit, but a lack of direction and flow frustrated me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

daisymoffit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Extremely well written, Elliot has a talent when it comes to describing things that feel wordless. A brave telling of a tumultuous life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lcdavenport's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Outing

moranguinhos's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

angrangy's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

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

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

It was just too triggering. I hope to go back some day to finish it. His writing voice is great, the content was just too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

wrenisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A tender and gorgeously written memoir chronicling pivitol moments in Elliot Page's life. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia