Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

93 reviews

hijinx17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

5.0

5⭐️ all day long for this! This queer road trip rom-com is every beautiful thing you'd expect from Alison Cochrun. It touches on life, death, friendship, healing from family dynamics too many of us are familiar with...and getting out of your own way to be happy. It made me feel all the things from laughing out loud to holding back tears. I loved it and am already looking forward to a re-read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment

kesteiner's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

lilgriff's review against another edition

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

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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 against another edition

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

antidietleah's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

rgs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Outing, and Toxic friendship

kmsander4'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

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

foxblood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I really liked basically everything in this book that wasn’t the main romance and struggled to really like the two main characters a lot of the time so this didn’t quite hit how Cochrun’s other books have for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent