Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

151 reviews

batbaby's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Deadnaming, Abandonment, Outing, Domestic abuse, and Dysphoria

riverlasol's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

red_reader's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

jooniethemoonie's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

this book was barely reaching 4 stars but I couldn't decide! it's a story about coming to terms with your situation and yourself, even when you have a million different things happening at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol

the MC suffers from anxiety and is depicted having panic attacks.

there's a scene where the MC is at a party and gets peer pressured into taking shots. he also goes to therapy to talk about his parents kicking him out of the house.

nightshaderoots's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

I wish there was more development with the side characters but that's to be expected when the main character is a heavy focus in the book. That being said I really wished I had this book when I was younger. I'm so glad that it is here for people to read and fall in love with.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol

Throughout the book they talk about how Ben has little or no appetite. I wish there was more focus on that instead of it being brushed aside.

sp00ky_girl28's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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

Moderate: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

annabellereadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Abandonment

phil_02's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

xarson's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Violence, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Islamophobia

livelaughlesbian99's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

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

3.5

This book was mid for me. I’ve liked Deaver’s other work more. BUT the nonbinary representation is fantastic. I really enjoyed Ben’s family and how that was handled. Ben feels like a very real person. However I wasn’t very invested in Nathan or the other side characters. They felt less like people to me. This book is by no means bad, though. Give it a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Physical abuse