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Love love it!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2023

Loved every word could not stop reading it!!! Anna you are an amazing writer. The story of these two has me so in depth it's like I have known them my whole life.

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A H

Kinda.....boring

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2022

I love, love, love this series! Obsessed almost. The first four books in the series I just couldn't put them down. I finished them in just a couple days. But then..... I got to the 5th book. I can't quite get through it. I'm about half way and can't seem to want to pick it back up again. I think I should have read it after the first one and then it might have peaked my interest more. But it mirrors the first book so much with nothing new to tell. I like hearing his point of view, but I had already finished book four. I know how it all ends! I didn't want to go back to the beginning! I just lost the interest in it, I guess.

I also don't like the futuristic first person point of view at the beginning of each chapter. It didn't seem to flow well. What was that supposed to be? Parts of the book he wrote? I don't know, sort of confusing.

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Love love it!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2023

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Loved every word could not stop reading it!!! Anna you are an amazing writer. The story of these two has me so in depth it's like I have known them my whole life.

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Elizabeth Howard

Wow.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2020

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Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but the films are definitely better. While I consider myself a writer, I am by no means an expert, but I could easily see the books being condensed down into three novels; maybe even two. I read the entire series in four days, but there were honestly some instances where chapters - some of which were not even chapters, but merely one or two pages - could have been merged with other chapters in order to make the book less...convoluted.
That being said, the story itself is...intriguing. Frustrating, hectic, chaotic, and even a little frightening. The level of obsession with which Hardin Scott views Tessa Young and vice versa might (and should) make any sane person run for the hills - fast. But, then this story hasn't really claimed to be anywhere near sane, has it.
I can't say I'll read the series itself again anytime soon - at least, not without a therapist present in the room with me - but I am looking forward to the last two movies. Perhaps another unpopular opinion, with some, but the studio did a great service to the films by casting Hero as Hardin. I may be biased, since I first came across Hero as young Voldemort and enjoyed his small performance immensely, but I really do not see anyone else bringing that level of violence, chaos and also emotional nuance to such a damaged, but still worthy of love, character.
Both Hero and Josephine sell this series. No matter how many casting changes, or changes in location, or however many setbacks this series may witness, as long as those two remain on board, the sh*tstorm that is Hessa's inevitable journey towards their future won't be so bad.

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Traci Love Roberts

My FAVORITE out of the whole series!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 27, 2020

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This book was strictly from Hardin's POV. Anna done such a great job showing his pain, his strength and his passion for Tessa. He is so full of Anger for the life his has lived and now that he found Tessa he wants to be so much more. This book was much more emotional for me, not that the others weren't but Hardin was broken more so than Tessa. Yes she was abandoned by her Father at 10 but Hardin was without a Father because he left and without a mother because she worked all the time. I think he was always a gentlemen when he needed to be, but when his rudeness came out he showed it with no problem and no remorse.
I watched the "After" movie with my daughter and thought that is was such a wonderful story. I then read all the books and of course "Before" being the last book. Like I said, "Before" was my favorite. Reading all the others were like riding a roller coaster with Hardin and Tessa! I found myself being a cheerleader for Hardin, seeing his journey thought their relationship was the final strings to make a neat bow to end this LOVE story. I hope that Anna Todd will continue to write such powerful books, showing love and honesty.

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Erin Perkinson

Amazon needs to package books better

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2022

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I am happy with the book itself, but I am VERY OCD when it comes to books, I would have given 5 stars but amazon need to package books better because the front cover on the top was split in half In a couple places. They are small areas but it is still a little annoying.

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A H

Kinda.....boring

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2022

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Lynn

Brilliantly addicting!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 10, 2022

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I finally read all 5 books in such a short time span (After We Fell - twice lol) I wish I took longer so I can still live vicariously through these characters lol I wasn’t expecting “Before” to be written the way it was and I’m so happy Anna Todd went this route! I love that the other main characters were explained and gave you an understanding of who they were before college. Seriously my favorite book series by far! Next I will read about the character Landon in her other books!

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Sunshine

Hardin's point of view

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2021

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This was actually the first book I read in the After series. I've read this book three times and every time I am crying at the end. His journey was truly a soul's journey. He came out of the darkness and walked towards the light and found happiness and love in the end. I loved reading the story from his point of view and how he experienced it. It was the perfect ending to the series and I was sad when the series came to its final end.

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Lacie Barnett

good but long

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2022

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Sooo many ups and downs for both characters. But by book 5 I didn’t want it to end! Loved every character in this story for sure!

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Ryan Battista

Still want more!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2021

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Getting to read Hardin's point of view during their first few months together was a great insight into how he was truly feeling after first kissing Tessa and his internal battle within-- the clash between everything he's ever known and the light she was bringing to his life, and I enjoyed reading that entire section. I also loved hearing more about Hessa after, but I'm still craving more. Would love one more book After Everything that truly shows their happily ever after in depth, not just 50 pages. Still am hopeful Anna will do such thing.

Also, would've loved to hear more from Ken, not Smith in the after section, or even Carol, realizing Hardin is different from Richard and how he loves her daughter passionately and unconditionally.

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jennifer young

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2022

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Great writer .

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