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jordynbean'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
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma
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: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
chillyk123's review
- 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
Graphic: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
rose_k's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Vomit and Medical trauma
k_huddle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Vomit and Stalking
johanna_1402's review
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Medical trauma
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: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Stalking
hollysutto's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
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, Body shaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail