2024 the best of you book review

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Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, Mason Deaver's stunning debut will rip your heart out before showing you how to heal from tragedy and celebrate life in the process.

"Heartfelt, romantic, and quietly groundbreaking. This book will save lives." -- Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaIt's just three words: I am nonbinary. But that's all it takes to change everything.When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school.But Ben's attempts to survive the last half of senior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. As Ben and Nathan's friendship grows, their feelings for each other begin to change, and what started as a disastrous turn of events looks like it might just be a chance to start a happier new life.At turns heartbreaking and joyous, I Wish You All the Best is both a celebration of life, friendship, and love, and a shining example of hope in the face of adversity.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ PUSH (May 5, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1338608355
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1338608359
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
Reviewer: Kitty M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Best Book I've Read This Year
Review: I’m still recovering from this book but as my school courses began yesterday, I wanted to go ahead and write this review while I have a little time.I happened to see in Mason Deaver’s Instagram story that hoopla had the audiobook for I Wish You All The Best a bit more than a week early. I was SO EXCITED because I have a hoopla account via my local public library. Since this doesn’t affect first week sales and this is one of my most anticipated books of 2019, I decided to dive in head first. I’ll put the TW/CWs at the end of this post. Let’s jump right into the review!The characters in I Wish You All The Best were so amazing. Ben De Backer is now my child and I will defend them with my life. Seriously. They’re all so well written that from the very beginning I was fully invested in everyone on the page. It is obvious that Mason Deaver put their heart and soul into these characters. The representation offered is beautiful and each character could easily walk right off the page. I especially loved seeing the slow burn between Ben and Nathan. Slow burns are my new fave.There is one thing that I knew going into this review I would need to talk about so here we go. I went into the novel knowing that there would be amazing non-binary representation. It was just as amazing and more as what I was expecting. However, there was something else that I wasn’t expecting and it took me completely off guard. I don’t know how to share this other than to quote so….“Touch aversion can be common in people who deal with panic attacks or people dealing with anxiety. In fact, there are some people who are just born or developed that way, like asexual or aromantic people.”I… was not expecting this? When I got to this part of the story, I was so surprised and overwhelmed that I wept. Like full-on-ugly-cry-don’t-talk-to-me-I’m-not-fine wept. I had to pause the story and walk away for a few minutes. This book is the first time I’ve seen any rep for being touch averse, which I am. I never thought I would see that represented at all and even now I’m tearing up about it a bit.I Wish You All The Best is a contemporary novel, which means it’s a realistic fiction set in modern times. The majority of the story takes place in Raleigh, North Carolina. I haven’t been to Raleigh, but I do live in another large city in the southern United States, so it wasn’t hard for me to get a feel for the environment. Also because of that though, I’m not the best judge of the large-scale world building. Honestly, I’m the worst at that with contemporaries anyway. But each of the locations was given enough of a description that it was immersive so do what you will with that knowledge.The story itself is perfectly paced from beginning to end, with twists and turns at just the right moments. I would even go so far as to say that I Wish You All The Best is a work of art. I can’t say I loved every moment of it because there were parts that were meant to make the reader uncomfortable (and I was) but this is a book I’ll definitely be rereading in the future.I Wish You All The Best was right up at the top of my most anticipated 2019 releases list. There is so much hype surrounding it. And it still manages to exceed all of the high expectations placed upon it. I can not wait to read more from Mason Deaver in the future.

Reviewer: Anna Sward
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This book is magic. Life-saving magic.
Review: Oh. My. I will be talking about this book forever. No one will ever be able to get me to stop because it is so damn important. The world is dumb and set in its ways and awful and patriarchal and sexist and homophobic and all together horrible. But this book is pure magic. Written by a nonbinary author, with a nonbinary main character, I Wish You All The Best brings something crucial to the world. Representation. While some facets of the queer community have become more prevalent in books, especially YA books, characters that identify as nonbinary are seldom. In IWYATB, Ben comes out to their parents and is abrubtly kicked out. After finding their estranged sister, Ben ends up living with her and her husband. After enrolling in a new school, Ben meets Nathan. Oh Nathan. Sweet, funny, and wonderful Nathan. Ben and Nathan become friends, after some prodding, and they work towards a happier life. Ben begins seeing a therapist who specializes in queer kids and eventually take strides to overcoming their traumatic outing experience and expressing their feelings for Nathan. This is a coming of age story like no other. IWYATB brings up a conversation than you may either be uncomfortable with or just unknowledgeable about, but it is a conversation that needs to take place. There is always more to know and seek to understand.Pronouns are important.Gender is Fluid.Friends are the family you don't get you choose.Let people be who they are.Don't be ignorant.This book is heartbreaking, joyous, magical, and pure all wrapped up in a purple and yellow bow. You need to read this book. Like now. Find a way to get this book into your hands.Side note, Nathan and Ben have been added to my most favorite characters ever club. I seriously love them so much and feel like I know them. Jeez, books are wonderful.

Reviewer: Jessica
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This Book is a Much Needed Addition to YA Literature
Review: OMG! My heart! I've followed Mason Deaver for forever on Twitter and have slowly watched as he turned his #enbylovestory into I Wish You All the Best and it is worth all the hype. Because this book, guys! This book! It was one of those books that I finished and immediately knew was a game changer for YA lit. Not only is it the first book I've read with a main character that identifies as nonbinary but it's the first YA book about an enby teen I know of written my a nonbinary author. It makes my heart so happy to read a book where my enby friends will be able to see themselves in the pages.Mason Deaver approaches so many hard topics in this story and does it with the perfect balance of hope and kindness. It's a book about identity, family, mental illness, friendship, sexuality, love, and becoming comfortable in your own skin. It made me laugh. It made me cry several times. And it made me hug my book in places while grinning like a madwoman because of the cuteness. Parts of it were hard to read because Ben’s experiences reflected things I've seen so many of my enby friends’ experience. The fear and anxiety, of course, but especially the body dysphoria. And I personally could relate to Ben on so many levels. Especially with their anxiety.I Wish You All the Best is going to be such a powerful force in the YA community and I’m so glad it’s out in the world. It's going to touch so many lives and that thought makes me tear up a bit. I’m just going to be over here in my little corner of the internet wishing Ben and Nathan all the best.

Reviewer: review
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: good read!
Review: i needed this book for a college course and i ended up really enjoying it and i love the overall story. we definitely need more books like this in the education system!

Reviewer: ZADA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Llegó en buenas condiciones y a tiempo (a excepción de un pedacito de la portada que está ligeramente levantado). La edición del libro en pasta blanda es flexible y cómoda 🙂

Reviewer: Rosalie Giroux
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I really liked this book. It about being non-binary and having a crush. It is about the struggle of LGBT teen facing being kick out by their parents for being themselves. It is a love story. It is about the importance of choosing your family. One of my top 10 honestly!❤️‍🔥

Reviewer: Mika
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It's pretty easy to say for me that this is by FAR the BEST book I read in 2024.I love the characters, I love the plot, I love the writing style.it's literally everything I was looking for in a book without even knowing.It's this kind of bittersweet, lowkey slowburn romance with a touch of mental health (problems) added to it. I caught me so many times giggling and kicking my feet cause those two are so adorable and I love them like I'd love my children (if I had some) would give ∞/5 if I couldThank you Mason Deaver for delivering such a masterpiece of a book!

Reviewer: A.B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I loved this book. It honestly should be one of these books u read in school for how it tells of such important subjects. Thanks for sharing this story with us, dear author.

Reviewer: Urtica Dioica
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Kind of like a fanfic/retelling of Heartstopper but with an nb character. Super sweet, portraits trauma, mental health and anxiety very accurately, supportive friends and (some) family members, standing up for one self and overcoming fear. Touches some heartbreaking topics but manages to bring things into a more optimistic frame. My kind of feel-good book. I'll re-read it for sure over ice cream when I'm feeling down.