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A review by amyjefferies
Pageboy by Elliot Page
emotional
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.25
I feel I should start a 3.25 star review by prefacing that I have a huge amount of admiration for Elliot Page and this memoir has only increased that. Page affirms why people deserve equal rights and access to health care, which should never be considered a debate in the first place; it’s a human right.
But in terms of this memoir, I did not feel it was the strongest. Page recounts his experiences with homophobia and the barriers and abuse he faced being an LGBTQ+ actor. I found a lot of this hard to listen to, so I can only imagine what it was like to go through this, although this is part of the issue I had, there was not enough expansion on what it was like for Page going through this. Despite sharing intimate details of his life, Page somewhat kept readers at arms length.
Page has a lot of important stories to tell within this, but the pacing and structure meant that I often felt that things were left unfinished and we’d be jumping back to another moment later on in Page’s journey with self acceptance or being out in the media that felt jarring.
That said, I believe there is a need more stories of trans experiences to be told, so I hope Page writes more to expand on some of things that were left unsaid.
But in terms of this memoir, I did not feel it was the strongest. Page recounts his experiences with homophobia and the barriers and abuse he faced being an LGBTQ+ actor. I found a lot of this hard to listen to, so I can only imagine what it was like to go through this, although this is part of the issue I had, there was not enough expansion on what it was like for Page going through this. Despite sharing intimate details of his life, Page somewhat kept readers at arms length.
Page has a lot of important stories to tell within this, but the pacing and structure meant that I often felt that things were left unfinished and we’d be jumping back to another moment later on in Page’s journey with self acceptance or being out in the media that felt jarring.
That said, I believe there is a need more stories of trans experiences to be told, so I hope Page writes more to expand on some of things that were left unsaid.