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Pageboy: Meine Geschichte by Elliot Page

8 reviews

daisymoffit's review against another edition

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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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stevia333k's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

4.25

The last 3rd was good, and i say this because the first 2 thirds were violent as hell. I had to learn that he was in a lot of action movies basically in order to handle it & i also could only listen 10 minutes at a time at triple speed. 

Anyways, after a while certain parts about being trans were like oh good my transfemme self isn't alone. 

The relationships though & the shadow work kinda went over my head because I'm aromantic but the workplace accident (because of how wreckless the directors were to black & queer lives) helped connect me to the kind of stuff he meant, so I am thankful he included workplace incidents like that.

Also the memoir isn't told as chronologically, so basically if you're taking notes then I recommend trying to make a character list sort of glossary since the time dimension doesn't sort them, but some segments are like public letters.

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capyval's review against another edition

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2.75

I wanted to like it, but I couldn't.

I connected with the chapters that focused on his relationship with his dad and stepmother, but not with the rest.

The book has more gore than I expected, which I'm very sensitive with.

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hollifr's review against another edition

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dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5


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usuallyaudio's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I loved hearing Elliot Page's journey, espicially it read by the author. It was very introspective and heart wrenching to hear his struggles, and being able to peek behind the curtain of the film industry as a young LGBT+ individual. His stories were sincere, and he kept identities anonymous for those who didn't want to be named. 

The timeline jumped around somewhat, and only once was I unsure when a story was taking place. I am so happy for Page that he felt safe, secure and confident enough to share his story, but am so sorry he had to go through as much as he did. Page also graciously  acknowledged his privilege, and how it helped him quickly receive medical/gender affirming care once he was finally ready to reach for it. I hope this memoir can help others feel seen, and can help to create safer spaces and foster healthy relationships. I really look forward to what he will do next!

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emmakchapman's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0


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jessthanthree's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0


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planning2read's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0


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