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gmbooks11_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Body horror, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent
gay_miri's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Medical content
milenasbooknook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
Originally I was going to give it a pretty low rating. I’m not a fan of the insta-love trope, and this book leaned into that way more than I expected. Also the relationship between the two main characters made me a little uncomfortable more than once and a skipped through a few parts (the insta-love really did not help here).
I will say, however, that the last hundred or so pages partially redeemed the book for me. The plot twist was so unexpected, and I was sucked in once I got to the sixth November (iykyk). I won’t spoil the book, so I will just say that I found the ending really gripping and thought-provoking.
Overall, I am still trying to decide how I feel about this book. I do think, though, that Colleen Hoover books just might not be my thing :)
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer and Alcohol
thatswhatshanread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
If you’re into Instalove—two characters falling in love at first sight, all consuming love straight out of the gate—then you’ll be immediately pulled in. I guess I found out with November 9 that I don’t really care for that genre of romance. Ben and Fallon’s instant attraction didn’t seem believable to me.
The main thing that pulled my rating down was not something that went away throughout the story as it was literally the character of Ben, the MMC. From the beginning he gave me the ick by the way he talked and interacted with Fallon, without even knowing her. He was too confident and domineering and controlling for my taste, disguised as the “nice guy” who saw past Fallon’s imperfections. DUDE YOU’VE SPENT ONLY A FEW HOURS WITH HER. Idk, the simp behavior jumped out.
The plot had potential and I liked the sections being split up by the same date each year. However, that further drove the nail in the coffin that was my effort to give Ben and Fallon time to grow on me. Instead, with each year passing, I found their “connection” more and more forced and weirdly obsessive.
Hoover’s writing wasn’t bad, she always has great pacing in her novels, in fact. For me, the main relationship in this book just really put me off and the rest of the elements that I liked didn’t make up for it.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Body shaming, Medical content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Suicide, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence, Cancer, Alcohol, Car accident, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
Minor: Stalking and Panic attacks/disorders
eliana_benyam's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
yashitak's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Vomit and Cancer
trycerabel's review
- 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
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
writtenbydnicole's review
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
amandalorianxo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Car accident