Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

76 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

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. 

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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

paigedavis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood

teigenelise's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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) 

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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

thefabflamingo's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.0

Alright everyone, this was my first CoHo book and so far I do not see what all the hype is about. I thought that the storyline was interesting, but I had figured out that there were some things in the book that would all have to connect in some way. I did not have it all figured out by the end, but understood how it came together. I was not emotionally torn apart like I have seen a lot of people say about this author's books and it was only an okay read for me. I was glad that both of the characters grew and changed for the better throughout the story since they both had a rough past. If you plan on reading this book I would suggest looking through the content warnings first to be prepared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

maxfictional's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Binged in a little over 24 hours and I loved it! I read about 65% of it over the span of a few hours and what an excellent way to start my endeavours in CoHo’s work.
Absolutely binge-worthy!

This book kept whipping me in all the right directions and I can’t stand what it made me feel! First book in a while I almost cried over in a long while.

The characters were so lovely to read about and their developing romance was so adorable yet devastating to read about as things went on.

I swear, I won’t recover from this one. Learning about Ben’s past was so utterly devastating as well. Ugh! I can’t even put it into words!

Please read this if you want to feel something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

cuttoothom's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Suicide

meliroo's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts