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November 9 by Colleen Hoover

72 reviews

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was just such a fun book. I really enjoy reading Colleen Hoover books. While yes of course the writing is overall a little on the childish side, I think she is a good storyteller that makes books full of depth easy reads. 
I loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Death

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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

Ah CoHo, I hate to do this and give an unpopular opinion… But unfortunately I was not a fan of this one.

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.

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Content Warnings

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

ashley_1206's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

4.5-4.75⭐️

can i start with the fact that this book brought me actual pain. like i genuinely stopped talking to other people because i was so indulged in this book.

i feel like i can’t process emotions. YALL TALKING ABOUT THE FOURTH NOVEMBER??? fifth november is where it’s at. little had to put the book down and go to sleep. and then i thought about the book in my sleep so much that i woke up early and finished the book.

mixed feelings about ben. like i was kinda on a ben rollercoaster. FALLON MY GIRL. i feel like she gives the best hugs and i just wanna hug her. i LOVED her mom.

guys i loved this book 🥲 i really did. it got me out of my reading slump and it brought so much pain and mind spinning that i think everyone needs at least once in their lives.

colleen hoover. you are a menace to society. thank you for this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Suicide

bethy_joy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cursing, Physical abuse, Cancer, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

flower_child's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol and Violence

capybooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Characters like this are what makes people believe they can treat women however they want and get away with it. 

I started off really enjoying this book. I liked the concept, the romance and the chemistry the characters have together. 

I hate how it is written to make it sound like anyone with scars/disabilities should be embarrassed about it. I hated the assault scene and how it was just brushed under the carpet. I hated the

“I have never wanted to pin a girl to the floor before now” comment.

I hated the ending and how she forgave him for doing something so unforgivable. Fuck this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Pregnancy, Ableism, Cursing, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

natalie_davies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Alcohol

aryexo's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, and Alcohol

crystal_aura13's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

angi735's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol