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Couldn’t put it down!

Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2021

I loved the moment that Ben and fallon met, the way their story unfolds with every twist and turn. I honestly couldn’t put this book down. The first time I read it I read in 2 hours. And now I drag it out and I read it every November 9. Colleen Hoover has done it again! This book takes me back to when I first read maybe someday ❤️ Can’t wait to finish all of COHO’s books!

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Sarah

such a toxic reslationship

Reviewed in Australia on 8 June 2018

Honestly, this book is so toxic and awful. This book in my mind could never be described as a romance. I am shocked with its high rating

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5 stars I quite like a Colleen Hoover book - they’re high on drama

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2016

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3.5 stars

I quite like a Colleen Hoover book - they’re high on drama, low on introspection with good writing. The characters are generally likeable and they make a nice, uncomplicated read.

November 9 was no different from the other books of hers I’ve read. It features Ben and Fallon, two strangers who meet by chance the day before Fallon is due to move from Los Angeles to New York. They have an instant connection but Fallon doesn’t believe in getting into relationships before the age of twenty-three, so they decide to meet up once a year for the next five years just to see how things go.

So obviously, this being a CoHo book, there’s loads of angst and drama. There was one plot twist that caught me off guard, but the main one at the end of the book I saw coming a mile off. That was okay, though, because it’s still executed well.

Gotta say, I didn’t cry. No, not even when Ben’s back story is revealed. It takes a helluva lot to make me cry over a book, like, I am literally made of ice, but having said this, it was quite an emotional read. I bought into Ben and Fallon’s love story as well as their back stories and I really rooted for them. Colleen Hoover, I’ve noticed, does this thing where she seems to throw like the worst things at her characters, almost like she’s challenging herself as a writer to plot her way out of the most difficult situations. And that’s great - I applaud her for doing it - but I wasn’t sure if I really bought the way Fallon forgave Ben at the end. Maybe this is to do with my Ice Queen persona, but I think in Fallon’s position I’d have been a bit more like, ‘Nuh-uh. No way, matey.’

I liked Fallon, for all her overly dramatic ways she was still quite a strong character. I liked Ben a bit less, but I generally don’t like the guys in NA novels that much anyway. He rebuilt Fallon’s smashed confidence but he was super controlling: telling someone what to wear and putting your hand over her mouth when she’s trying to say something is not cool. And he comes out with a couple of lines when they’re doing the business that made me do a face like I’d swallowed vinegar.

I did like the idea behind the book - the whole meeting up once a year thing - but I felt that Fallon’s reasons for not wanting a relationship before she was twenty-three were flimsy. Don’t get me wrong, I was pleased that she didn’t change her plans to move to New York just for some random guy, but seriously, when someone is as hot as Ben you Skype, or you have a phone relationship. Why should being in a relationship automatically mean you don’t achieve your life goals? Unless the person you want to be in a relationship with is stifling and controlling, in which case waiting five years ain’t gonna help.

So, I’ve given this book three and a half stars. It was perfectly okay romance novel, not haute literature, but it never pretends to be.

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S Naeem.

Good writer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2022

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I really like the writer but the paper used to print this book is not good at all

book fan

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2016

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Well written but let down by the storyline . I thought the opening was good and so was the idea for the story but it somehow lost its way towards the end and I found myself skipping pages. I am put off when I find it hard to believe that certain things could happen.

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It's Okay

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2016

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I liked November 9 but for me the whole story felt too rushed. Colleen Hoover books seem to be very hit and miss. I much preferred her earlier work.

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Good read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2017

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Romantic, heartwarming book. Takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Good characters that find each other in their most miserable stages of life.

okay- slightly slow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2022

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Its good but gets repetitive and slow

Alexia

Cover

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2022

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Not the cover that I wanted.

Sue

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2015

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Good, but not your best Colleen.

Rashida

You’ll never be able to find yourself if you are lost in someone else.

Reviewed in India on 17 May 2018

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I'd read great things about Colleen Hoover's books - since then November 9 had been in my tbr (to be read) list. 

The story revolves around the date November 9. The date holds a significance in both Fallon and Ben's life. Though the significance alters from the November 9 - they cross each other. 

Ben, the wanna be writer, interrupts her final meeting with her dad before she moves to New York, to audition for Broadway roles. Ben rescues the falling conversation between Fallon and her father, by acting up as a fake boyfriend. Even though Fallon is moving away, the little spark of attraction between them, make them decide to meet each other every year on the same day. 

Every November 9 - brings in a twist - new story - a different hurdle - they fight to abide by the promise made. Every November 9, they grow more fond of each other. Though their arrangement, Fallon learns an ugly truth about Ben and her painful pass - they pass that as well by the end of the fifth November 9. 

The book definitely has a few low points in terms of its subplots. Few plots post the revelations of the ugly truth are cliche.
Simple writing overshadows the lows - making it a non-stop ride until the end. 

P.S - surely taking few of her other books in hand.

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Very CoHo but an unexpected twist at the end

Reviewed in India on 8 December 2021

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Like almost all other CoHo books, this one too has a big reveal in the end. But I enjoyed reading this one.

I bought this for Rs 355 but now I see it's only 250! Buy it quick guys!!!! Quick quick!!

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