Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

63 reviews

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia

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

vidya_is_vidya's review against another edition

5.0

this book is absolutely beautiful. i’m not nonbinary, so idk if this is good representation or not, but i’m obsessed w this book. i’m pretty sure i felt every emotion ben felt stronger than they did themself. that’s how beautifully this book was written. i would recommend this to everyone in the world

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

ye_li's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Dysphoria

Minor: Alcohol

sophiafaurs's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

peachani's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Mental illness, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Medical content, Vomit, Dysphoria, and Physical abuse

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.0

a pretty decent book—sweet, a bit emotional, inspiring, bursting with positive representation.
but a couple of things still kept me from rating it a 5. the characters were wholesome and all, but i thought the main character ben could be a bit hopeless and slightly annoying at times. i understand their struggles and the desire to push people away sometimes, but some of their actions and thoughts didn't seem fair at all and i found myself feeling sorry for the people around them. sometimes i even wondered why everyone was trying so hard to be their friend, because if it wasn't for their hobbies and trauma, there'd be nothing interesting about them. 
all the funny banter involved mostly other people cracking jokes and them just taking it.
they also constantly expect support from their friends without actually supporting them in return (especially mariam).
the book was also very slow and i feel like many of the long scenes were not exactly necessary, rather tedious and boring.
i like that the romance was generally very slow-burn, but the early flirting and holding hands caught me off guard a bit.

i enjoyed the portrayal of mental health issues though and thought that ben was overall quite relatable. if this just didn't feel so much like a self-help book with ben complaining and everyone trying to console them....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Dysphoria and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

ross_emm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

lyd4ever's review

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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

2.0

Wattpad-ish, but overall pretty good. I liked the “found family” sort of aspect with hannah and Thomas, and how Ben didn’t forgive their parents for what they did. I liked how Deaver focused on the recovery for mental health rather than the suffering. Overall, it was just too simple for me and it sort of felt like a few good moments with filler plot in between, but it’s a good queer story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol

lyd41's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

2.75

Dialogue was terribly written and insufferable to read and also very out of character at times but I still liked the premise of the book. Plot was fun. Although cheesy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts