734 reviews for:

Before

Anna Todd

3.41 AVERAGE

kelceerebecca's review

3.0

It was alright, this book let me down a bit. I love the After series and was so excited to see Hardins POV but it just did not live up to my expectations.

kywithers1's review

3.5
emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clapkap's review

5.0
lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

delaneysmith's review

5.0

And I'm officially done with the After series!


This whole series was a roller coaster of emotions. I knew it was going to be, as I had heard about this series when it was all anyone could talk about when it was a fanfiction. I just didn't expect to get as emotionally invested in this series as I did. I was constantly wondering what was going to happen and what Tessa or Hardin were going to do next and when Zed or her mom was randomly going to show up or another obstacle was going to get in their way.

When I first started After, I didn't realize that Before was even a thing and kept thinking I would like to see Hardin's perspective so I was extremely happy when I found out that there was in fact a book in Hardin's POV.

I was slightly disappointed because it wasn't the whole book so I could see what he was doing at certain times, and what he was thinking during the whole book instead of just little snippets. I actually wouldn't mind the whole series in just Hardin's POV, to be honest just because I want the series to continue (I love it that much, lol).

I really liked the snippets of what I'm assuming is Hardin's After and learning a bit more about each of the other characters in the series. I especially liked Smith's point of view. Besides Hardin, he was probably my favorite character (and Tessa, of course).

Overall, I loved being able to see how the events of After started up and when the whole thing was made up between the group of friends and I really enjoyed getting a different view of the events of the story.

The series was long but is a quick read and if you don't mind quite a bit of R rated scenes, I highly recommend this series!
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katelynbrowning1998's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

niamd's review

4.5
emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pixiepages's review

5.0

My favorite love story! After 5 books of anxiety it's over. That was the most overwhelming series I've ever read but I am still so obsessed. Even after rereading the series twice. I just can’t get enough of Hessa.

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evie_0108's review

3.0
dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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lilpisso's review

2.75
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This series did not age well. Also, i did not need EVERYONES pov. 
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alliecat961's review

5.0

The end had my heart fluttering ahhh so cute!!! There were some parts that I wish we got to read in Hardin's point of view but I will take what I can get!.....Look, it's been a GREAT run...but thank GOD I'm finally done with this series.