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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

25 reviews

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

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

drraytay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• 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: Excrement, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Death, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Suicide, and Homophobia

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

rupanjali's review against another edition

adventurous emotional relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

Moderate: Mental illness

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

soobooksalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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

"Love is finding someone who helps you rewrite the story of yourself."
 Here We Go Again is one of those books.
 It's one of those books that makes you find something to appreciate on every page. It makes you swoon, makes you think. 
 Makes you read until 3 a.m., when you really should put the book down because you need to get some damn sleep, but instead you've got all the feels, and tears streaming with a smile on your face.
 It's the prickly pear of novels - beautiful and painful in tandem.
 I've loved Alison Cochrun's previous two novels (The Charm Offensive and Kiss Her Once For Me) and Here We Go Again tops them all.
 The characters of Logan, Rosemary and Joe are so vivid. So loveable and so flawed, I fell entirely into their Gay Mobile "death trip" journey. (And one other character, who I can't name before you read it, is now in my top favourite characters ever.)
 There is too much to gush over here, quite honestly. In summary, I loved this book and highly recommend. 
 Released on April 2.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Medical content, Cancer, and Sexual content

trussell12's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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: Mental illness, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

getlitwithamy_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Alison Cochran has managed to craft what I believe is one of the best road trip stories I have ever read! I loved the pacing, the characters, the scene building, the HUMOR!! There is so much I can say about this book.

Let's start with the happy stuff. Besides the fact that the book is hilarious, I loved how Cochrun uses the story to show travel through the southern states of America through a queer lens. Readers can expect to find themselves surprised by the love in the queer communities in different states during the journey.

Another happy-ish thing I liked was the characters. They were all so well-rounded and felt so REAL where I felt connected in a way. Like in Cochrun’s previous book, KISS HER ONCE FOR ME, HERE WE GO AGAIN has really great anxiety and ADHD representation. I also loved having a main character on the ace spectrum.

Now for the sad part.The main premise of the story and reason for the road trip is to get a man dying of cancer to his desired dying location across the country. The experience of witnessing someone deteriorate and eventually die from cancer is a major occurrence throughout the book, so keep this in mind while reading and take care of yourself.

I'm obsessed with this book! I knew it was one of my most anticipated releases of the year and it definitely lived up to the hype!!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Addiction

jackiereadssometimes's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcoholism