Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

123 reviews

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

marm0on's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia

megb64's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Outing

pineappleliquid's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

I really related to the book, and it was written in a way that made it understandable and relatable. It was also realistic, because event though not everyone gets thrown out for being queer, we cant forget about those that do. And to be able to have a story where this happens and to show the real struggles that we often face, its important.

The one thing i disliked a little bit is like how some of the conversations was written. Like, it sometimes felt awkward and unnatural.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

smellymiche's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Dysphoria

anna_17793's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

Minor: Physical abuse

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

Minor: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.25

this was heartbreaking but also it put my heart back together so nicely. i cried a lot while reading, especially the scenes between ben and their parents. their parents are absolute TRASH, and it hurt to see them mistreat ben. there is a romance subplot (and it made my heart very happy!!), but it’s not the main focus.

⚠️: transphobia, panic attacks/disorders, homophobia, emotional abuse, abandonment, child abuse, religious bigotry, disordered eating, grief, mental illness, dysphoria, suicidal thoughts

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

dannothedino's review against another edition

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

torispring's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse and Islamophobia