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A review by alexblackreads
Pageboy by Elliot Page
4.0
A great memoir and I highly recommend the audiobook version. He has such a pleasant voice for audiobooks and I think I enjoyed this more getting to hear him tell his own story.
I loved the way he wove his childhood into the stories of his family and adulthood. I think it was really masterfully done. It's hard to control a nonlinear book in a way that still flows properly, but he did a fantastic job here. I can't imagine his story any other way.
My only real issue was the amount of time spent on his various relationships. I get a little bit of ick hearing about real people's sex lives (it's been a problem in some other memoirs) so I was a little uncomfortable, and truthfully I just didn't care about any of his relationships. They didn't fit as well in the rest of the narrative for me.
But overall it was a beautifully written book that I would recommend, even if you're not a big Elliot Page fan.
I loved the way he wove his childhood into the stories of his family and adulthood. I think it was really masterfully done. It's hard to control a nonlinear book in a way that still flows properly, but he did a fantastic job here. I can't imagine his story any other way.
My only real issue was the amount of time spent on his various relationships. I get a little bit of ick hearing about real people's sex lives (it's been a problem in some other memoirs) so I was a little uncomfortable, and truthfully I just didn't care about any of his relationships. They didn't fit as well in the rest of the narrative for me.
But overall it was a beautifully written book that I would recommend, even if you're not a big Elliot Page fan.