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Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

64 reviews

tano's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

zellerpress's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Picked this up for a beach read, not expecting it to be as intense and sad as it was at times, but that’s on me. The death/dying part of the plot was in the synopsis. That said, this was cute, heartwarming, heavy,  funny, and emotional. It’s a lot in one book. I enjoyed the portrayals of ADHD.

I liked the few pop culture mentions, but the famous person expletive thing was a bit odd and way overused. 
Enjoyed it and would recommended overall. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Death of parent

cedardleland's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

rrubin97's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

It’s more a literary book than a romantic comedy. Joe was my favorite character and I loved his journey more than rhe main characters - esp with Remy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

nightworldlove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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: Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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

Cried my damn eyes out. Goofy, sad, sweet, and loving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

amandab0514's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I was really looking forward to reading this book, but it let me down. I found Logan to be an insufferable and cringy character.

I also got tired of the same cycle of something good happens > Joe needs to go to the hospital > they need to get back on the road IMMEDIATELY. It started getting predictable

All that being said, I found the rest of the cast of characters to be lovable. And as somebody who works with folks with cancer, I felt like the emotions that Joe and our cast of characters were facing were realistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism and Homophobia

marieos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Excrement

oddio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Death and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Outing

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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

3.25

I read this for a book club and was so resistant because I do not like romances lol. I do largely think it was surprisingly good, I just have two main gripes really.

First, I just do not enjoy many romance tropes, especially when there's so many jam-packed into one book like this. Friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, grumpy sunshine, one bed, opposites attract, stuck together/forced proximity, second chance, 3rd act breakup, etc. It was just too much for me and I saw it coming a mile away and not in a way that was fun for me 🤷‍♀️

Second, I wish every single phrase like "Oscar fucking Wilde" with random famous gay people had been left the fuck out. Wow that was annoying and it was like every other page throughout the whole book! Cochrun tried to make it this endearing, quirky thing about one of the MCs and it just was not that at all. It took me out of the story and made me gag and roll my eyes every single time because NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT, stop trying to make this the character's thing. We get it, she's gay, and I love her for that, but THIS? No. Stop. And it would always be used in moments when I was actually getting into and enjoying the book and then BAM, I'm out of it and annoyed.

Which is a bummer because overall I did enjoy it. I resonated a lot with the characters and some of the situations. I appreciated and loved the queer (sapphic and asexual) representation and the two very different portrayals of ADHD. Something about their relationship still feels toxic to me, but their relationship with Joe was very cute, especially as someone who also was very close with her teachers, including my English teacher in high school. I appreciated the overall message of doing bold things and living your life to the fullest because you're going to die anyway no matter how safe and secure you try to keep your life. The writing was great, and there were definitely scenes that got me choked up--even if they were usually closely followed with that damn phrase thing that drove me insane and ruined the moment. The ending is obviously sad, but not in a bad way at all.

I have a feeling a feeling the others in my book club are going to love it though lol ugh. 

Coming back to say JUST KIDDING lmao they did not like it 😂 I feel better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use