I liked the premise of this novel, a couple share dreams and realise they have met before in past lives. However, I did not connect with the characters as much as I wanted to.

This is an emotion wringing story. This is a difficult one to rate and write about as I know some people will read this and find it’s the best story of the year, and if you connect with the characters then that will be your go to, however if you struggle to get to grips with them, like I did you will see it’s a great story and well written, but sometimes you just don’t click, unlike the characters themselves. The overall story was great, it was just the characters that I struggled with at times.

I’m afraid that I couldn’t really connect with the characters and the storyline and gave up part way through the book. I had intended to have another try at becoming more involved in my reading but decided against wasting any more time

Jem and Mika are the hero's of our story, they share dreams, but why? That's the big mystery and it's fun finding out.

After a near death experience a lad called Jem craves an adventure what he didn't realise was the girl (lady) Mika he briefly meets at a dreams workshop is found to be, or is it was part of that adventure. Just like that last sentence dreams don't always make sense, but by the end of this novel all will become clear. It's a love story but no Mills and bloom thankfully 2 very different people with troubled pasts walk through life but all will.cgange after that one brief moment in a dream workshop.

So the storyline is very different to what I've read before and some wonderful characters that bring a life to this story. Mike and Jem are fascinating in many ways and their own stories withinthis one are gripping and absorbing at the same time. I really enjoyed this and highly recommend it to you. I really hope you enjoy it as well.

This was an emotional type of story but it failed to reach into me and I found it a tough read.It had a really good sounding premise of shared dreams/memories but over the periods of the their lives it was too repetitive for me to enjoy. The author has written this well but to make the love story complete you needed to believe in previous lives and meetings, which I am undecided over past events. I did not feel that this cleared my feelings of the future but added more confusion.

Two strangers share dreams. A lyrically written book and beautiful story. I loved the two main characters. Recommended.

Interesting premise which I thoroughly enjoyed until about halfway through when it started to become a bit rote and repetitive.
The writing is quite lovely in places, especially the magical realism sections.
Ultimately it reminded me of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, in that you get quite frustrated with the constant comings and goings of the protagonists who seem to separate abruptly for no obvious reason, before immediate reuniting, once again without any obvious reason.

Very different, a shared dream that unites two very different people. Theirs is an emotional journey across continents which asks the question of how do our lives connect.

When perfect strangers Mika and Jem first meet by chance, they recognise each other – not from life, but from a shared dream. Both are wary of forming new connections and have their demons to fight: Jem is in recovery from a near-fatal accident, and Mika is undocumented and under scrutiny from the authorities.
As their dreams – or are they memories? – grow in intensity, they are forced to consider the possibility that they have known and loved each other over and over, across the centuries. Will they find happiness together this time?
Moving from present-day London through eras and across continents, LIFE NUMBER NINE is an epic literary achievement and a groundbreaking love story.
A very emotional story that will rip your heart.
I was so engrossed in the book where I was not aware until the story end.

This is such a beautiful novel and really unique in it's plot.

Sharing a dream not a memory is what the two main characters do... and because of this they fall in love.,

Mika and Jem both have their traumas which prevent them from forming meaningful realtionship but Oh my! ...

This dreamy tale will excite all readers. I absolutely adored travelling with them both and following their lives..

It's beautiful, lyrical and my book to end this year perfectly...

What a gorgeous spellbinding love story. I love acquiring stories like this that are so achingly beautiful that it takes your breath away and that is this novel.