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Pageboy: Meine Geschichte by Elliot Page

115 reviews

eamador's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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lspbooks's review against another edition

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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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silvavavava's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0


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mmikenaite's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0


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imscrem's review against another edition

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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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jem_carstairs's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective

4.0


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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I was excited to see that Page read his own audiobook - memoirs always seem to have a greater impact on me when done this way. However, the chapters felt so disorganized to me, both in chronology and topic. While I appreciate Page’s acknowledgement of his privileged identities, I want to read more memoirs by trans folks of color.

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perth_is's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75


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sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

2.0


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taysumazing's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75


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