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After by Anna Todd

57 reviews

kcey_2024's review

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

var_klar's review

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism

emgrace4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

hannalizzy's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

This book is the trainwreck you can’t look away from. Hot garbage. Toxic toxic toxic abusive and toxic. The writing feels like Twilight/Mormon propaganda with some wet dreams sprinkled throughout. Hardin wrote the book on gaslighting. 

and yet I ate it up, left zero crumbs, and am requesting the next book on libby. I AM BUT A WOMAN and this book was honestly fucking hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

sat0rii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Its prose is as compelling as a wet sock and its characters make about as much sense as an LSD-induced hallucination. Should you ever find yourself craving an offensively bland yet somehow outstandingly incompetent romance story, this book is one for your shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse

brittneydye19's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence

patriciahanna's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Here’s the thing. I have a love hate relationship with this book. As in, I don’t know if I love to hate it or that I hate that I love it. 
It’s not good, per say. I definitely wouldn’t consider it a literary masterpiece, but I couldn’t put it down. It is just so chaotic and toxic. It’s like watching a car crash and not being able to look away. Regardless, I’ve already bought the rest of the series. 
3.5/5 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism

leanniefae's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book sucked me in but it just wasn't as good as I'd heard. Gaslighting all over the place, but the final twist explained pretty much all of that. I don't think I'll read any of the sequels because I imagine I'd be furious with the main characters the entire time. Maybe once Todd finishes the graphic novels, I'll read those. The first one was good enough that I read the actual novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

tyshayem's review

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Once I started reading this without an distractions, I could not put this down. WOW JUST WOW!!!!! This is a must read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

viselik's review against another edition

Did not finish the book. Stopped at 36%.
I struggled even to get through the pages I did read, I should have not forced myself to read as far as I did. I read it after I saw how popular it was and was curious, well curiosity killed the cat, didn't it?
 
I wouldn't really recommend anyone get into this series as I don't personally see anything that is worth the price tag here. There are so much better fanfiction sites out there.

This used to be a Wattpad fanfic between a reader insert and Harry Styles, and it's still very obvious to be that! Even Hardin's tattoos are kept the same or are very similar. Do I have to remind people, by the time this book was originally written Harry Styles was a minor and the author was over 20?

The plenty of smut scenes from the small bit I read were rather boring, the level you would expect from a Wattpad fanfic.

Here are some of the notes on the bits I did read. Warning it's full of swearing and spoilers.

Tessa is a lot more judgemental than she seems to think she is.
 - She is stuck up and looks down at people who have tattoos and piercings 
     - "he has destroyed his body with holes and tattoos" - Chapter 5
 - Looked down at Hardin for liking books 
 - "There is no way a rude, disrespectful, tattooed jerk like Hardin could possibly enjoy those amazing works. The only thing I can picture him reading is the back of a beer bottle." - Chapter 10
 - She is scarily naive. 

- Hardin, is also a judgemental twat but he at least knows he is one.
 - Doesn't really date but sleeps with girls constantly
     - "No way. Hardin doesn’t date. He fucks with a lot of girls, but he doesn’t date anyone. Ever."
 - Likes books.
 - Is very active in the bedroom
     - “Does Hardin have a lot of friends with benefits?” I don’t want to hear the answer, but I can’t help asking. She snorts and sits down on her bed across from me. “Yeah, he does. I mean, not like hundreds, but he’s a pretty . . . active guy.”

- The book's chapters are done in a really poor way, each chapter is like 2 pages long, and it feels like Wattpad fanfic still.
    - I still cannot get over how this story was written when Harry Styles was <i>16 or 17 years old</i>.

- Chapter 18 has an attempted r*pe scene. Great.
    - I don't remember if this book has a content warning for that.
       - If not it really needs one.
 - We kind of just move on from that as well.

- Chapter 19 is about making out with Hardin and starting to get more than just making out, Hardin is sucking on her neck, how cute Tessa is cheating on her boyfriend.
     - Like she wasn't totally just nearly assaulted in the last chapter.
 - She even forgets about her boyfriend for a bit.
      - Girlfriend of the Year right here.
 - Hardin has a boner from it but is hiding it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Rape, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Drug use