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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

43 reviews

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

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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

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, and Death of parent

stacy837's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

berodatheelf's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief

kmsander4's review

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

3.25

A tragic LGBTQ+ spin on a pretty classic road trip trope. This one is full of warm fuzzies and teary grief filled pages. 

If you struggle with mental illness tropes, mom issues, or death, I may give this one a pass. But if found family is something you love, then this one is perfectly heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

shaipanda's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I have yet to read an Alison Cochrun book that is not literally one of my favorite books of all time. They’re so well written, well thought out, have insane chemistry and this one was so well done and made me cry for at least half an hour lol

The characters and story are so beautiful and the character growth is insaneeee

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, and Death of parent

barnesbookshelf's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

I love the ADHD rep. I love the Sapphic and Ace rep. I love the queer joy. I even love the heartbreak and loss. It's been a minute since a book made me cry so much. There were moments when I was frustrated that Logan and Rosemary weren't talking it out like adults, but they figured it out. I like how their relationship accepts both of their idosycracies. I'd love to see them as a cameo or background characters in another book. Just to see them be happy together again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Excrement, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

sunnivab's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

shellsob's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

Tears were shed. Here We Go Again is a beautiful written book about grief, love, and that English teacher that impacted the lives of all students (but especially the queer ones). The book is maintains a mostly lightheartedness, while still go through heavy topics like dying, addiction, mental illness, regret in your final moments, grief, and love. Alison Cochrun, this book was lovely to read. 1000% recommending this book to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Addiction and Abandonment

elliott_the_clementine's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism