Tom MacWright

2025@macwright.com

I read Pageboy by Elliot Page on

Review

I listened to the audiobook of this memoir, which is narrated by the author.

It's very good. It's roughly what I expected: honest, moving, tough to get through at parts because some people treat trans and queer people terribly. I assume that lots of folks are already familiar with Elliot Page, but the brief backstory is that he's one of the few actors who's also a trans man, and was famous both before and after transition.

Overall: it's very different but it kind of reminded me of Bicycle Diaries because so much of the cool parts are just getting acquainted with someone who's cool. Obviously it's much more intense than that book though.

Overall: it's a good book by a cool person, happy for him.

Details

  • Pageboy by
  • ISBN: 978-1250878359
  • Published:
  • Publisher: Flatiron Books