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Play It Again, Charlie

par R. Cooper

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After an accident left him broken in body and spirit, Charlie Howard retired from the police force to teach at a community college. Life has taught him that he's unlikely to get what he wants, so he's stopped asking. Instead, he hides from the world in the apartment complex he manages. After all, no one can leave him if he doesn't let anyone in. Will, a sexy, classic-film-loving twink, moves into the apartment across from him and--to Charlie's surprise--makes it clear that he'd like nothing more than to hole up with Charlie and get kinky. Will has no problem expressing what he wants in bed or out of it, but he's never dated anyone long-term, and Charlie isn't sure Will's ready for anything serious. Charlie is a serious kind of guy. He wants Will and everything a relationship could mean, even if he doesn't have any experience in that scene--even if that makes him vulnerable. As they grow closer, Charlie realizes that it's time to start asking for what he wants, and if he wants to be happy, he'll have to risk everything and ask Will to stay.… (plus d'informations)

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DNF, bailing at just 6%. I'm not buying Charlie's inability to manage his own movements versus pain, the plot is flat, and there's 'artistic' paragraphing that is not a formatting issue but rather the author's choice at the time. Had the tale been more interesting, I'd have managed. But there is not enough here to mask the drawbacks. (

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terriaminute | Dec 4, 2022 |

I usually like R. Cooper, though the writing style is a bit odd. However, the dialogue here really didn't work for me. To demonstrate, I will finish this review in the same style.

"Charlie is..."
"I don't really..."
"But why..."
"Cooper?"
"Did you..."
"Will's fine."
"The man..."
"Cooper?"
*sighs*
"Ok then."

Like, how is that a whole conversation??

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Stephan24 | Apr 6, 2021 |

This is it. I am DNF-ing at 30%.

The scene at the nursery was the final drop. I couldn't figure out where and when Charlie and Will were. Again.

No, I lie. I could. But just as I was able to, they were somewhere else entirely - in time and space. And it applies to the whole 30% I've read so far. It's a battle.

The whole switching back and forth trick is so... je ne sais quoi... a paragraph in the present, a paragraph in the past - Time Travel? I should file it under that tag.

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I might pick it up again later, I don't know. We'll see.
2 stars for now.
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Mrella | Mar 8, 2021 |

I loved this story and I was frustrated by it too. Charlie and Will are wonderful, so sweet and kind and funny, also so insecure and hesitant. So many times I wanted to shout "Just tell him how you feel already damn it! Will's love of classic films and his quotes and comments were funny and sweet, we both love a lot of the same films, so it was easy to understand what he was saying, but poor Charlie was clueless most of the time. Still I loved the romance and cheered for their HEA. (

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Colette_Miranda | Jul 29, 2019 |

From the beginning I just didn't understand either of these characters, and I get the blurb said that Charlie could never ask for what he wanted, but for the love of God, he was what 37, but he acted like a 12 year old. He wanted to be with Will, but instead of talking to him he just assumed Will wasn't serious or that he would leave, so he pushed him away. I hated that I had to keep reading how Charlie wanted to be with Will and wanted him to stay, but he never freakin said it til the end. This book was far too long and dragged this issue out way too long. I totally didn't get Will's movie quotes either, and I didn't get Charlie letting his family take over his life. He needed to tell his self absorbed sister to F off, and he needed to tell his grandma that he wasn't the man when he was a teenager and his parents died, and it wasn't his place to play father for all of his sisters since he was still a kid himself! (

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After an accident left him broken in body and spirit, Charlie Howard retired from the police force to teach at a community college. Life has taught him that he's unlikely to get what he wants, so he's stopped asking. Instead, he hides from the world in the apartment complex he manages. After all, no one can leave him if he doesn't let anyone in. Will, a sexy, classic-film-loving twink, moves into the apartment across from him and--to Charlie's surprise--makes it clear that he'd like nothing more than to hole up with Charlie and get kinky. Will has no problem expressing what he wants in bed or out of it, but he's never dated anyone long-term, and Charlie isn't sure Will's ready for anything serious. Charlie is a serious kind of guy. He wants Will and everything a relationship could mean, even if he doesn't have any experience in that scene--even if that makes him vulnerable. As they grow closer, Charlie realizes that it's time to start asking for what he wants, and if he wants to be happy, he'll have to risk everything and ask Will to stay.

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