Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Pageboy: Meine Geschichte by Elliot Page

73 reviews

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

clacksee's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

mons278's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

robinks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use and Excrement

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I really hate reviewing biographies because how can you rate someone’s life right? And usually I give them 5 stars but unfortunately Pageboy was really difficult for me to understand. I do value Elliot’s courage and his continuous journey to become his true self however the timeline was sooo hard to follow along. I realize not every story needs to be linear but the constant jumping around without any clues to dates/times had me confused a majority of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

lisaloveslions's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mo_bookshelves's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

jillaay_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria