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jujupintoe's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
meluhnie's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Grief
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Body shaming, and Blood
nat13lizardo's review
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, and Cursing
Minor: Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Self harm
vereadsbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
“It took four years for me to fall in love with him. It only took four pages to stop.”
I don't understand why this book is so loved by readers.
Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
“Fucking beautiful,” I whisper.
She smiles and then ducks her head. “I feel stupid.”
“I barely know you, so I’m not about to argue with you over your level of intelligence, because you could very well be as dumb as a rock. But at least you’re pretty.”
Ben and Fallon's relationship is so troubled that I don't know where to begin.
Fallon suffered an accident when she was sixteen that ended her acting career. Her father's house caught fire, and she was inside it. The burns left scars on her body and her face. So she has low self-esteem and is very insecure about her body.
“Because I could tell with that one simple movement that you were really insecure. And I realized—since you obviously had no idea how fucking beautiful you were—that I just might actually have a chance with you. And so I smiled. Because I was hoping if I played my cards right—I might get to find out exactly what kind of panties you were wearing under those jeans.”
But her insecurities disappear the moment that Ben tells her she's beautiful. I have a hard time accepting that a woman's insecurities about her body vanish just because a man says so. It is a bad example for young people to establish that one's confidence is given by the look of a man.
From the moment Ben crosses paths with Fallon, he shows signs of toxic masculinity. He is the one who introduces himself as her boyfriend without her consent. He invades her personal space to "defend" her from her asshole father because he thinks she needs to be saved.
Despite meeting her only hours before, he makes comments about what color underwear Fallon wears. He also wonders if she does or doesn't go commando.
“If you're packing underwear, that means you don't go commando. So by process of elimination, I've figured out that you're currently wearing a thong. Now I just have to find out what color it is”
He dares to tell her how to dress. We have to remember that they just met.
“I'm paying for dinner, so I get to choose what to stare at while we eat.”
Ben asks her to wear a dress that Fallon doesn't feel comfortable in. But, he ignores her refusal and decides to undress her and put on the dress that he wants her to wear. At this point, She is crying and clearly does not feel comfortable with the situation.
“My stomach clenches when his hands meet the top of my jeans. This is going too far. Too far, too far, too far, but all I can do is suck in a wild breath and let his finger pop open the bottom on my jeans, because as much as I wish he would stop.”
This is a huge red flag for me.
After having sex for the first time, Fallon says she feels like she lost something.
“I'm not sure if sex is supposed to make you feel like you've just lost a part of yourself to the person inside you, but that's exactly what I felt like.”
No sexual encounter should feel like this. Never.
Ben is a psychopath, stalker, and manipulator. We later find out that he causes the fire where Fallon suffers her burns. It's hard for me not to think about how sick and twisted this is. He is obsessed with seeing Fallon's scars and enjoys touching and admiring her scars. It's all so twisted that I can't believe Colleen Hoover published this book.
She romantizides suicide. She presents it as an act of kindness and love. Giving that message seems disrespectful. She says that suicide is better than fighting cancer. This message is disrespectful to those who have battled or are still battling cancer. And also to those who have lost someone because of suicide.
“But either way, I'm going to be dead before you turn seventeen. At least this way, it will be quick and easy. You can call 911, they'll take away my body, and it'll be over in less than a few hours. A few hours for me to die and be removed from the house is so much better than the several months it could potentially take for the cancer to do its job.”
In the end, Fallon and psycho Ben end up together, although he was the cause of the fire.
I know that this story is fiction and that this romance is not healthy and should not be considered as an example. But many people can take this story as something normal and healthy when it is not. Authors should be more responsible for how they write this kind of story. They should highlight and condemn misconduct and not romanticize it.
It saddens me to know that an author who has written a book as It ends with us has also written this book.
I don't understand why this book is so loved by readers.
Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
“Fucking beautiful,” I whisper.
She smiles and then ducks her head. “I feel stupid.”
“I barely know you, so I’m not about to argue with you over your level of intelligence, because you could very well be as dumb as a rock. But at least you’re pretty.”
Ben and Fallon's relationship is so troubled that I don't know where to begin.
Fallon suffered an accident when she was sixteen that ended her acting career. Her father's house caught fire, and she was inside it. The burns left scars on her body and her face. So she has low self-esteem and is very insecure about her body.
“Because I could tell with that one simple movement that you were really insecure. And I realized—since you obviously had no idea how fucking beautiful you were—that I just might actually have a chance with you. And so I smiled. Because I was hoping if I played my cards right—I might get to find out exactly what kind of panties you were wearing under those jeans.”
But her insecurities disappear the moment that Ben tells her she's beautiful. I have a hard time accepting that a woman's insecurities about her body vanish just because a man says so. It is a bad example for young people to establish that one's confidence is given by the look of a man.
From the moment Ben crosses paths with Fallon, he shows signs of toxic masculinity. He is the one who introduces himself as her boyfriend without her consent. He invades her personal space to "defend" her from her asshole father because he thinks she needs to be saved.
Despite meeting her only hours before, he makes comments about what color underwear Fallon wears. He also wonders if she does or doesn't go commando.
“If you're packing underwear, that means you don't go commando. So by process of elimination, I've figured out that you're currently wearing a thong. Now I just have to find out what color it is”
He dares to tell her how to dress. We have to remember that they just met.
“I'm paying for dinner, so I get to choose what to stare at while we eat.”
Ben asks her to wear a dress that Fallon doesn't feel comfortable in. But, he ignores her refusal and decides to undress her and put on the dress that he wants her to wear. At this point, She is crying and clearly does not feel comfortable with the situation.
“My stomach clenches when his hands meet the top of my jeans. This is going too far. Too far, too far, too far, but all I can do is suck in a wild breath and let his finger pop open the bottom on my jeans, because as much as I wish he would stop.”
This is a huge red flag for me.
After having sex for the first time, Fallon says she feels like she lost something.
“I'm not sure if sex is supposed to make you feel like you've just lost a part of yourself to the person inside you, but that's exactly what I felt like.”
No sexual encounter should feel like this. Never.
Ben is a psychopath, stalker, and manipulator. We later find out that he causes the fire where Fallon suffers her burns. It's hard for me not to think about how sick and twisted this is. He is obsessed with seeing Fallon's scars and enjoys touching and admiring her scars. It's all so twisted that I can't believe Colleen Hoover published this book.
She romantizides suicide. She presents it as an act of kindness and love. Giving that message seems disrespectful. She says that suicide is better than fighting cancer. This message is disrespectful to those who have battled or are still battling cancer. And also to those who have lost someone because of suicide.
“But either way, I'm going to be dead before you turn seventeen. At least this way, it will be quick and easy. You can call 911, they'll take away my body, and it'll be over in less than a few hours. A few hours for me to die and be removed from the house is so much better than the several months it could potentially take for the cancer to do its job.”
In the end, Fallon and psycho Ben end up together, although he was the cause of the fire.
I know that this story is fiction and that this romance is not healthy and should not be considered as an example. But many people can take this story as something normal and healthy when it is not. Authors should be more responsible for how they write this kind of story. They should highlight and condemn misconduct and not romanticize it.
It saddens me to know that an author who has written a book as It ends with us has also written this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, and Cancer
allyordyna's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Well written, lots of romance tropes and angst without being too cliche. Plot twists on point; makes you want to reread.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Suicide, and Cursing
Moderate: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Gun violence
Minor: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, and Hate crime
brookey8888's review
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Listen I would never forgive someone for that tbh. Like I would forgive, but I couldn’t be with them. I did like this and found it entertaining, but I did get spoiled about the twist so I wasn’t shocked. I did like the characters for the most part, sometimes they annoyed me. I did end up crying during a certain letter, which I wasn’t expecting. Just a note a character says something along the lines of think you for giving me this gift and I gagged. If someone ever said that to me I would die lol. This review is honestly horrible I’m sorry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
laurendenton's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
[edited on 09/11/2022]
please please please forget everything i said in there. im not gonna delete this because i have to learn from my mistakes and be ashamed of them. the only thing im gonna modify is the rating cause this woman cant keep winning.
this was one of my first reads after a 2 year slump so the bar was on the fucking floor for me and 3 stars was a "bad" rating for me so i gave it 4,5... dont be dumb like me and don't do arson, kids!
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so, on november 5 i was looking for a book to read after i finished "the flatshare" and then i discovered that colleen hoover had this book called november 9. i thought it would be a good idea to try to finish the book the same exact day. and i did it! this is the first book im reading by colleen hoover but i absolutely loved it. its also my first time reading an instant love trope so ngl, i was scared of all the cuteness in the beginning 😭 maybe this book doesn't make you cry but i am sure it's gonna hurt. the author knew how to play with your feelings and stab you in the back lmao
i also knew there was going to be a plot twist and that the 4th november is heartbreaking. but my dumbass thought that the plot twist was ben and jordyn parenting oliver as a couple so i wasnt surprised because i was expecting it. BUT I SHOULD HAVE NEVER UNDERESTIMATED COLLEEN cause when i realized that ben was the one who caused the fire I LITERALLY DROPPED MY JAW AND I HAD TO IMPULSIVELY SIT ON MY BED (i was laying cause it was 2am lol) AND STARE AT THE VOID FOR A WHILE
but yeah as i said its actually such a cute book and if you're a hopeless romantic you're gonna love it. i personally have looooots of underlined pink quotes (i even have pages filled w pink lmfao)
please please please forget everything i said in there. im not gonna delete this because i have to learn from my mistakes and be ashamed of them. the only thing im gonna modify is the rating cause this woman cant keep winning.
this was one of my first reads after a 2 year slump so the bar was on the fucking floor for me and 3 stars was a "bad" rating for me so i gave it 4,5... dont be dumb like me and don't do arson, kids!
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so, on november 5 i was looking for a book to read after i finished "the flatshare" and then i discovered that colleen hoover had this book called november 9. i thought it would be a good idea to try to finish the book the same exact day. and i did it! this is the first book im reading by colleen hoover but i absolutely loved it. its also my first time reading an instant love trope so ngl, i was scared of all the cuteness in the beginning 😭 maybe this book doesn't make you cry but i am sure it's gonna hurt. the author knew how to play with your feelings and stab you in the back lmao
i also knew there was going to be a plot twist and that the 4th november is heartbreaking. but my dumbass thought that the plot twist was
but yeah as i said its actually such a cute book and if you're a hopeless romantic you're gonna love it. i personally have looooots of underlined pink quotes (i even have pages filled w pink lmfao)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Infidelity, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Violence
dlrosebyh's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
there are only three words on how to describe november 9: sad, beautiful, and tragic.
colleen has always been my favorite contemporary authors, so i really had high expectations for this book. and it reached it.
i’ve been meaning to read this book ever since i started getting intrigued by her. but, i wanted to wait until november 9 so i can celebrate their anniversary with them. this is a favorite of many— and i can see why.
colleen is known for her heartbreaking books with crazy plot twists. is this heartbreaking? absolutely. however, i do not know how, but i guessed the plot twist. is it her fault? no. am i taking away points for that? yes. not also that, but she’s also known for her realistic features in her stories. i’m taking a half point away for the kind of unrealistic setting, though.
overall, this is definitely worth the hype. everyone read this like right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, and Alcohol