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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

7 reviews

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

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

sarahcothron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Excrement

Minor: Homophobia

hospice care

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

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

uranaishi's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Outing, Car accident, Bullying, Abandonment, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcoholism