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jujupintoe'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent
meluhnie'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? Yes
5.0
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
loverbot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
É que é fácil apaixonarmo-nos, Ben. A parte difícil é quando queremos sair daí.
Acho que esperava que eu a deixasse partir sem dar luta, mas não é do género de rapariga por quem escolhemos as batalhas. É do género de rapariga por quem lutamos até à morte
Quando se encontra o amor, fica-se com ele. Segura-se com as duas mãos e faz-se tudo o que está ao alcance para não o deixar escapar. Não se pode fugir dele e esperar até se estar pronto.
- Ele hoje apareceu na nossa casa à procura da Fallon.
A Amber goza com ele.
- Então e disseste-lhe, sem mais nem menos, onde íamos estar? Porque é que foste fazer uma coisa dessas?
- Ele tem piada! - diz o Glenn, como se fosse um argumento legítimo.
Ainda assimilo o insulto quando vejo o Ben a passar por mim a correr. Antes que consiga ajustar a vista, o punho dele voa. Vejo o Glenn apressar-se para intervir, mas... espera. Não. O Glenn também esmurra o Theodore.
(...)
- Só um momento - diz a Amber, com um dedo levantado enquanto tira o sapato. - Ainda não acabei - Leva o sapato na mão e atira um olhar ameaçador ao Theodore, recuando de seguida para o arremessar, atingindo-o mesmo entre as pernas. - Detesto essas tuas calças ridículas, seu anormal! - grita. - A Fallon merece melhor que tu, e NANTUCKET TAMBÉM!
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Terminal illness, Body shaming, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, Alcoholism, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Infidelity
nat13lizardo's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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.
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
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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 against another edition
- 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: 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 against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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)
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