Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

124 reviews

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Homophobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Cursing, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

abrokenmirror's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

3.75

dont get me wrong, if this books main message was the representation of discovering identity and coming out as non-binary in ben’s situation, it was perfect. 
but some of the side plots were a wee bit off to me, ben’s relationship with nathan felt quite unrealistic to me, and after getting used to ben’s personality, then them randomly bringing out the jokes after not wanted to even talk to anyone felt a little ehhhhh? you know, it felt like it wasn’t them

i did love the representation in this book very much, and i feel like its a very good book for non-binary or trans youth to read, but if representation isn’t what you came for, i feel you won’t like this book

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

jasperisdoinghisbest's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

love this book, there arent many books with a nonbinary main character, let alone a nonbinary love story. this book is definitley very entertaining and i reccomend it to anyone looking for a good lgbtq+ coming of age story. can get a bit cheesy/cliche but the story is still good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Alcohol

theheartisanaro's review against another edition

4.5

This bookwas really painful but also really good and important and so relatable and affirming and for that I'm very thankful and I think I always will be. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy and Physical abuse

arlaubscher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Abandonment

kimschouwenaar's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

Please do look up the trigger warnings before diving into this. Deaver does deal with them very, very well, if I might say so.

Great queer-rep, BIPOC-characters, a neuro-divergent girl and an MC that is SO FUCKING RELATABLE. How could I rate this anything below 5 stars. All the characters, but especially Ben and Nathan, have my whole heart and I am  this close to immediately rereading this one. It utterly deserves the free slot on my all-time-favs-shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

On Goodreads, Deaver added a comment for all the content warnings in this book. In this comment you can find them as well, wrapped in between spoiler-tags for those not wanting to read all of them.

Parental Abuse (emotional and physical), Misgendering (both accidental and purposeful), Transphobia, Homophobia, Detailed Anxiety Attacks, Detailed Panic Attacks, Suicide Idealisation, Underage Drinking

babeysolo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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

morimyths's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Dysphoria and Outing

Minor: Child abuse and Cursing

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Abandonment, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

esh_maki's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was the most adorable happy sad book I have ever read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dysphoria