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meeve's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Vomit
maddisonsimmons's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
a fun book. took me a bit to actually like the characters, but once i softened up to them i loved them. love the three gays in a big gay van taking a road trip across the country. despite focusing on death a lot, this book was actually really cute and hopeful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
kshertz's review
emotional
funny
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
It’s not your typical easy going romance. The teacher these two women love who really saw them is dying and they have to take him on his dying wish of a roadtrip and for them to go from enemies to lovers. It’s a hard read to have a love story and a death story put together but it’s well done. I think I would have preferred something fluffier based on the cover but I heard the theme of live your life to the fullest. Message received. Letting people love you and letting go of control. Always important to remember.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
readingqueerly's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
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
It took a little bit to get going for me, but once it did I was truly in it. The story is so beautiful in itself and the characters are all incredible and relatable.
For me, Rosemary hit incredibly close to home on several points. I did not annotate this, but there were some passages in here of which I actually dogeared the pages to come back to at a later time. That made this book extra special to me.
Nothing but love for this one. Of course it made me cry, of course it made me laugh. An absolute gem of a book as I had hoped and expected from this author. I cannot wait to read more.
For me, Rosemary hit incredibly close to home on several points. I did not annotate this, but there were some passages in here of which I actually dogeared the pages to come back to at a later time. That made this book extra special to me.
Nothing but love for this one. Of course it made me cry, of course it made me laugh. An absolute gem of a book as I had hoped and expected from this author. I cannot wait to read more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
kesteiner's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I found the two main characters to be a bit unlikable at first but they really grew on me and the other characters and the overall plot more than made up for it. I loved the character development and the relationships between the characters and I even found myself tearing up at some points which almost never happens to me with media. I will say that the first-name fucking last-name as a curse got old fast but overall this was a really enjoyable, emotional, moving story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
lilgriff's review
dark
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia and Pandemic/Epidemic
mooseinlowlight's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
The cursing with queer icon names was almost too much for me lmao, but I'm happy I stuck with this book.
I love when a writer is able to capture the joy and safety in queer spaces like drag shows. Its such a good and important feeling.
The final act of this book was sad, but I liked it.
I think the pacing was good even though I was afraid things would get tiring with the personality clashes. I liked the representation of neurodivergency too, it didn't feel like a Tumblr excerpt about ADHD.
I love when a writer is able to capture the joy and safety in queer spaces like drag shows. Its such a good and important feeling.
The final act of this book was sad, but I liked it.
I think the pacing was good even though I was afraid things would get tiring with the personality clashes. I liked the representation of neurodivergency too, it didn't feel like a Tumblr excerpt about ADHD.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol
pjmorse's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
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
Look, I know "road-trip romance about death" doesn't really sound like a great time, but this book is better than that (accurate!) tagline would imply (modulo content warnings, of course; take care of yourself). My favorite Cochrun so far.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Excrement
Minor: Homophobia
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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
While at its core, this is a book about death, it's also about life and living it to the fullest. I appreciated the way that ADHD and anxiety were discussed in this book, and neither character was reduced to just that. There's also a lot of talk about grief, about growing up, and about taking risks. An emotional ride, but definitely worth it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Vomit, and Death of parent
mand_al_orian's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Abandonment