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November 9 by Colleen Hoover

45 reviews

rosemarianduffy's review

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

2.0


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sldibened's review

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

Not what all the hype was about. But it was an easy read with (semi-predictable) twists. 

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kleinerdiktator's review against another edition

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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? No
I don't know how anyone can actually root for Fallon and Ben to get together when he should rot in jail.

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natbaggett's review

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emotional funny 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

4.75

This book was soooo amazing. You fall in love with the characters and you are rooting for them! I was smiling and jaw dropping and all the things. 

The only part I didn’t love (and what made my rating a 4.75 rather than a 5) was the mom’s reason for her suicide. I felt like that justification wasn’t good enough for killing herself knowing her teenage son would find her. And her letter was so matter of fact, like suicide was the best option for them. Personally, I would have preferred Fallon‘s dad being a jerk that broke Ben’s mom’s heart and that being the reason for her suicide. I feel like any mother would prefer her kids see her struggle as a fighter and give them a chance to say goodbye rather than find her after shooting herself. Didn’t seem realistic to me and then the boys were just like  “oh well in THAT case 👍” lol

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dev921's review

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emotional 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

4.0


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fluture's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Though the plot somewhat predictable, the turns in several tremendous events successfully added enough drama to it which made the story more compelling to be read. Overall, it's a light read and page turning book. 

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katierosecrane's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you like plot twists. Yeah this is the book for you. LOVE IT.

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jenn_reads's review against another edition

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emotional fast-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

3.0

This was a fast read I tore through all in one day but I'm still not sure whether I actually liked it. 

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carlyjb16's review

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emotional mysterious 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

4.0


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jen1804's review

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emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

Damn I loved this book, there is so much I want to say so I will do my best to try and get all my thoughts down as words that make sense. Warning: some spoilers ahead.
I cannot express how much I loved the concept; living your own lives and meeting on the same day once a year for 5 years before you allow yourselves to fall in love? Ugh stop it, it’s so freaking cute. I also really loved the fact that we get absolutely no narrative in between each November 9th! I love that we get to skip over all the mundane life stuff each year and jump straight back into the interaction between our two MCs. AND having said that, despite only getting a window into the lives of these two characters on one day a year, they in no way feel under developed because of the richness of their inner monologues, is CoHo a genius or what?
I have seen some hate towards Ben from other readers but I personally adore his character. Does Ben come with his flaws? Absolutely - I especially cringed during the first November when he tells Fallon what he wants her to wear to dinner because “he’s paying”, but they’re both very young at this point. And does Ben show character development and growth over the years as he matures? Yes, yes he does. But any boy who takes homework to read 5 romance novels that the girl has recommended is absolutely swoon worthy in my eyes. Add onto that that he’s a writer and is literally writing a novel about their love story - RIP me.
I disliked the Jordyn storyline but not because it was necessarily unrealistic, I can absolutely see how in that situation, two grieving people who already share a house and are now raising a child together could gravitate towards one another whilst subconsciously knowing it wasn’t what either of them ultimately want. It was just so sad and I felt my heart breaking for both Fallon and Ben in that moment!
I adored the body positivity messages woven throughout this book and how Fallon learned to love her scars. I feel like the fact that it was Ben who helped shape her confidence here is so freaking important.
The scene in the closet at the night club? Omg how can something so marginal be so hot? I loved that scene so much and I think it’ll live rent free in my head forever. And the scenes that followed too, “yes” to Ben’s nonchalance towards Theo and an even bigger “yes” to Ben, Glenn and Amber defending Fallon’s honour when Theo insults her.
I really did not like the sub plot of mother Kessler committing suicide, to me this was too unrealistic. I just can’t see how she, someone who loved her children as much as the book claims, would ever do that and allow her 16 year old son to find her dead with her brains blown out. It’s for this reason that I cannot give it a 5. I did however really like the description in Ben’s novel of the events that followed said mother’s death and gave good insight into the grief and trauma that Ben was experiencing, especially before reading his mother’s note.
Overall this was a really beautiful and complex coming of age story about love, forgiveness, family and self acceptance. Would highly recommend to YA contemporary romance readers.

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