Reviews - After Ever Happy

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After Ever Happy

Anna Todd

3.68 AVERAGE

sb_bronza's review

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book started out to be my least favorite of the series. The beginning seems rushed or thrown together. It's missing depth and details that the other books have. However, this is the only book that had me in tears twice and rooting for Hardin at one point and Tessa at another. Anna Todd captured Tessa's downward spiral into nothingness very well. I could feel her pain. I wish there was more on the release of Hardin's burdens - the root of his anger. I thought this revelation is important to set up for the rest of his story. I don't know why Tessa was mad about Hardin writing the book. Once she read it and nothing happened I was on team Hardin. His character showed huge transformations and waiting for Tessa to be ready was heartbreaking. There are so many life lessons in this series and I'm happy that everything worked out in the end, but I wish the ending had some of Hardin's rawness from the first book. The ending is almost too perfect for the characters.

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yazzy101's review

2.0

This book was ok. A little disappointing since it didn't suck me in like the other ones did. I honestly only finished this book because I was determined since the others were so intense.
I wish they spent the whole book together, learning and growing together, but they didn't. instead the whole book was about them being apart, which kinda upset me. I feel like this book should have brought closure for me. We didn't even really see them finally make it together.
I will admit the last few pages about them being together was really cute and made me feel really happy, but I felt the whole book needed to be about that, not just the last 10 pages. especially since they spent years apart from one another, in a kind-of relationship. I didn't understand why they weren't together.
All I wanted from this book was the last 10 pages. and the fact that them being happy only lasted 10 pages made me feel like I'd been cheated if I'm being honest.