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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

22 reviews

cmhall's review

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: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

lyssamo's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

Super cheesy by times, frustratingly slow character development but a wonderful read in the end. I cried for the last 25-30% of the book, a mix of sad and happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction

joensign's review

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

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

♡ Road Trip

♡ Hurt/Comfort

♡ Amazing English Teacher 

I don’t know what gave me the audacity to read this.  Oh my god, I’m sobbing.  This book was so good—this was the kind of book that makes you take a look at your life and go do the spontaneous thing, to live life to the fullest.

This book was amazing, funny, and so very heartbreaking no matter how much you try to prepare for it.  This book hurt, but wow was this written so beautifully.

The characters were immaculate and so detailed, so filled with personality and felt so real to read.  The adventure and humor of this book was endearing and I loved all the detours they made along the way.  I loved how sassy Joe could be, all the while stubbornly living his life to the fullest.

Highly recommend this book, five starts all the way.  Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to continue crying my eyes out.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5)

Angst Level: 💧💧💧💧💧 (5/5)

POV: Duel, Third Person

Release Date: 02, April 2024

Rep: Lesbian ADHD (Main Characters), Gay (Side Characters), Non-binary (Character Mention), Transwoman (Character Mention)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Excrement

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Homophobia, Vomit, and Racism

bibliomich's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED Here We Go Again! This was one of my favorites of 2024 (and arguably one of my favorite romances of all time). I have every intention of reading all of Alison Cochrun's other books now.

What I loved (the most, because honestly...all of it):
- The FMCs. I loved Logan and Rosie so much. They were both complex, nuanced characters who had distinct strengths and flaws, and who both grew tremendously over the course of the book. I also loved their friends-to-enemies-to-lovers relationship arc (and the chemistry--whew!)
- The supporting characters. I dare you to read this book and not fall in love with Joe Delgado and his story. But honestly, almost all of the characters we run into throughout the story bring something unique and valuable to the narrative.
- The setting. I'm a big fan of a road trip story, and this one is done so well. Cochrun really captures the feelings of what it's like to be on the road (the excitement, the adventure, the awe, the anxiety, the exhaustion, the boredom).
- The neurodivergence representation
- The mental health representation

While I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good contemporary sapphic romance, I particularly recommend it to teachers. As an English teacher, I felt *seen* by Alison Cochrun.

Thank you so much to NetGalley for my advanced digital copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Excrement

jfhobbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

This book hit like a punch to the gut in the best way possible. It was everything a queer former English teacher with ADHD could ever want in a book and I love so much that this exists in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcoholism

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

As a death-positive, sober lesbian with ADHD who loves label makers, a good 3-ring binder, & road trips, and would love to write a book one day, I think this book was written specifically for me... I mean, it even contains the specific nickname I use for my favorite 7-year-old! 🐓

Personal connections aside, this book is incredible. Alison Cochrun knows how to create well fleshed out, multi-dimensional characters who feel REAL and don’t just live in the little bubble of the story you’re reading, and I love that. I also really appreciated the ADHD representation, and showing how the same disorder can affect people so differently. I definitely identify more with Rosemary’s ADHD brain (a kind that people often don’t read as ADHD), but I have my Logan moments 😅

Can we talk about the skill it takes to weave a story about dying and grief into a romantic comedy and make it work? There is so much heart and care woven into this story. Joe’s life and death is as central as the relationship between Rosemary and Logan, and each plot point makes the other better. All this to say, Alison Cochrun is for sure going on my auto-buy author list and you should definitely read this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Outing

smleeth93's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad

• 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: Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Grief, Excrement, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Minor: Car accident

nina_readsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, and Mental illness