Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

61 reviews

sky_lar's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

doti123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-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

4.0

I really liked it even though not much really happens

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Bullying

roxanned'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? It's complicated

4.25

Ben De Backer's story is necessary and important. It is also emotional and beautiful. 

In this book important topics

like identity, sexuality, family, therapy, anxiety and how to recover from a terrible event

are addressed respectfully and in a way everyone can understand them. It is about

what it means to be nonbinary, people being different than expected and different types of love (among other things)

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I'm not nonbinary so it's not my place to say something about the quality of Ben's representation. The intentional imperfect portrait of their support system seems realistic though. Hannah, Thomas and Nathan are trying their best but also make mistakes

with pronouns and other gendered words

. It is one of the possible situations that could happen in real life.

Deaver calls attention to things that make Ben uncomfortable

like gendered clothing, gendered toiletries, coming out

, which shouldn't be an issue in modern society but they still are. Thus, the book invites reflection and discussion.

Overall a cute and meaningful story, that isn't romance heavy but has a lot to do with love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Outing, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I really like it at first, but after a while it got boring to hear the main character complain so much. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Outing

admunro20's review

emotional inspiring sad slow-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

This is probably the best book I’ve read in 2023 so far. The diversity is *chef’s kiss*. Ben’s character made me feel so seen. Their struggles with identity are similar to my own struggles and I really appreciate the dive into the difference between sexuality and gender-identity. I knew from the first 50 pages this book was going to be inspiring and emotional. I was right. This book had me crying and I felt “seen” by the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Physical abuse

dannothedino's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, and Transphobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

ekmoore11's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Outing, and Toxic relationship

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Transphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

pointeshoebookworm's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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

Oh my gosh, did I love this book. There were so many aspects that just made it perfect. Ben and Nathan are literal perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol