Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

41 reviews

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

When beloved English teacher Joe is given only weeks to live, he asks his two favorite students, Logan and Rosemary, to drive him cross-country so he can die in his favorite Maine cabin. In spite of the fact that they cannot stand each other, they agree to the road trip and the adventure they find will change them forever. This childhood friends to rivals to lovers story explored grief, abandonment, and mortality in such beautiful ways. Rosemary and Logan's banter is engaging, whether they're fighting or making love, and they take such care of Joe and one another. I loved learning about Joe, and his chosen ending is so painful and beautiful all at once. This very much reads like a romcom, even with the graphic depictions of mortality, and I would watch the movie. (And probably judge it harshly. lol) Some parts were a little slow, but the story was good overall and I was literally crying while driving at the end. This romance is on the heavier side, but it's totally worth the tears.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent

jrae_miller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Alcoholism

melaschnie's review

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

Graphic: Excrement, Grief, Cursing, Sexual content, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Cancer, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Lesbophobia, Outing, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

amandaevans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

lesbian love story? romantic comedy? summer road trip? yes yes and yes. this book is sweet and sad, funny and heartbreaking. a story about love and loss, family trauma, mental health struggles, and of course, existing as queer in spaces where it sometimes isn’t normalized or accepted. I laughed while reading this book. I definitely cried so many tears while reading this book. I felt seen while reading this book. If you’re looking for an LGBTQ+ love story perfect for the summertime, this is it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Cancer, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Car accident

scal17's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

this book was full of ideas I liked executed in a way I didn't 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

mamaewalk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Cancer, Abandonment, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Drug use, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

spaghettireads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Excrement, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism

maddiereadswords's review against another edition

4.0

Listen, this book was brilliant and wonderful and heartrendingly beautiful, but also I absolutely never want to read it again ever in my life, thanks so much for understanding <3

Ok, but for real though, I loved the Odyssey of it all, and I fell in love with all three of the main characters, especially Logan and Rosemary. Their POVs and voices were always different enough that it was easy to tell who was narrating any given part. I will say, though, POV switches in the middle of chapters remain one of my most hated things, and I also have to take points off for the whole bit where the characters use famous queer people's names as expletives; it was fun at first, but the joke got old really fast. Overall though, I thoroughly enjoyed most of this book. The romance was so well-done, and it felt very earned by the end, and this is very much one of those books where even though you know how it ends, the journey was absolutely worth it. (And I LOVED how they found little pockets of queer community and belonging in places they didn't expect!!)

But that ending though...I won't spoil it, but if you read the summary then yeah you can guess what's gonna happen, and oh boy I was not expecting it to hit me as hard as it did. I was not in as good of a headspace for this as I thought I was going in, so I'll fully admit I skimmed most of the last few chapters, but it was still such a good story that I can't even knock off points for that. This truly is a rom-com about death, and even though I can't imagine I'll ever pick this book up again of my own free will, I did love the journey it took me on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual content

joensign's review against another edition

funny 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: Grief, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, and Mental illness