Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

48 reviews

crowiscool's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming

pitschi's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

harrydaylight's review against another edition

4.0

I’d been wanting to read this one for a while and it did not disappoint!! It’s written so well and I was so immersed in the story, I truly cannot say enough good things about this book. It’s just so good and feels so real and has angst and there's a beautiful romance in it and AHH!!!! read it read it read it. But mind the TWs i was Not prepared going in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Transphobia, Outing, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria

asexualandriod's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 This book was everything I could have ever wished for and more. Not only is this the first book with an enby main character I've ever read, I've never felt so seen. Mason has achieved the perfect balance between realistic strife and gay tragedy. Ben faced hardships, their life wasn't sunshine and rainbows, but they got a happy ending. So many LGBT+ books fall into either the utopia or tragedy categories. This was neither and it was beautiful. I also really appreciated the casual references to other sexualities (specifically ace). It felt really genuine to me, because my experience as an LGBT+ person is that even identities other than my own or my partner's are inherently a part of my day to day life, in a way it's not for most straight people.

All in all, I Wish You All the Best was beautiful and made me cry in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

xeleanorx's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i'm actually in love with this book.
i spent my day reading it and when i tried to do anything else (like watching horseland or taking a nap) it didn't take long for me to pick it up again.
i don't know what it was, but i found myself laughing out loud, crying, squeaking and screaming, almost having panic attacks with ben, so i actually had to pause and concentrate on calming down before i could continue reading, but also getting hella excited and really having to force myself not to skip entire pages when there was too much tension and excitement for me to handle.
thank you for this story, i loved everything about it - the pain i felt, how much i could relate to ben, and the pure joy and happiness i experienced because of them.
and now i definitely have to check out mariam haidari.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Medical content

Minor: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Outing, and Eating disorder

mxbenjaminrose's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

random19379's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

luananki's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i cannot thank mason deaver enough for writing this book. i can’t put into words how much i appreciate ben’s story and all the characters that came with it. the amount of representation in this book is incredible, i loved it so much. 

ben is an amazing protagonist. i related to them a lot and i was crying and laughing and screaming because this book is so so important. 

have to say i was a bit worried at first that it would just be another heartbreaking queer story but it’s not and i’m very happy about that.

forever thankful for this book, i loved every page of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Medical content, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Outing

123erty456's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Abandonment and Deadnaming