A review by jsylvester11
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

It’s on me for reading this as an adult- this was very clearly for YOUNG adults. It was hard not to think about the logistics of everything at every turn of this book.

How the f*ck is the sister expected to just take them in, even if she’s older??

Also why is Miriam, someone graduated from college, friends with a high schooler? Regardless, I love to read nonbinary characters, and it felt true to my experiences of anxiety and dysphoria. 

I think this book could’ve been fleshed out more to really dive into the relationships between the parents and the kids. It also put me right back into how immediate and impossible and BIG everything feels when you’re a teenager. It’s so fucking difficult to exist with those emotions.

Everything was very neatly tied up at the end, which of course it was.

But it just made me realize how badly I wanted more from it, even if it’s for younger audiences.