I will admit that I learned so much from reading this book! Aside from being a wonderful story, I Wish You All The Best is a wonderful resource. This book brings awareness to such an important topic and really discusses it in such wonderful detail. I applaud ANY book which tackles topics which at times may be hard to discuss. I Wish You All The Best touched my heart, made me smile, made me tear up, made me THINK, and overall made me so glad that I read it.

The characters were detailed, the story lines were easy to follow, and the overall “YA” feel was perfect (unlike the last YA book that I read). (Disclaimer: I will never post spoilers in my reviews HOWEVER the comment section is completely fair game to discuss any and all specifics not spoilers) Goodreads Synopsis of I Wish You All The Best : I reaaaaally hope I can do this…I figure that the very least I can do is to choose a FANTASTIC book from the pile that I’ve been reading to apologize for not giving you a review in over 2 weeks! If you haven’t yet read Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All The Best, you must. Ok here goes post #2 in this stupid new block editor. THANK YOU to the MANY of you who reached out after I wrote my last post! Apparently there are many, many, MANY of you out there who are struggling with this as well. Time to write my very first book review since this whole WordPress new editor debacle (aka how WordPress pissed off millions of bloggers).

The plot as summarized for the novel packs a harder punch and shows why I Wish You All the Best is an important and timely look at life for LGBTQ+ youth.Ok. I Wish You All the Best is a coming-of-age tale about life as an LGBTQ+ teen, and it is a realistic portrait of the discrimination and hostility non-binary youth face from family, friends, and authority figures. We’re bracing ourselves for a film adaptation that is just as full of warmth and excitement as it is sorrow, just as the novel was. “It follows a teen who after being kicked out of the house by their parents, embarks upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship, and family.” They move in with their older sister Hannah and her husband Thomas, start attending a new high school, and meet Nathan, which is when everything turns on its head. The story follows Ben, a non-binary teen who is kicked out by their parents after coming out. Novelist Mason Deaver covered many topics in the book, and while the original version is beloved by many, the film has a lot to live up to in its adaptation.

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