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Fuck it. I'm not even gunna pretend to hate this series anymore.
I love Hardin.
Goals.
I love Hardin.
Goals.
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I dragged Tess and myself through hell and back, but here we are—After everything, we made it to our own version of heaven."
Worth reading for all the non-Hardin PoVs, because I feel like we got to know him enough in the main series, but I did enjoy his perspective on things too. I liked the little epilogues we got for a few other characters, but overall the rest of the series was better than this book.
3.5ish
Worth reading for all the non-Hardin PoVs, because I feel like we got to know him enough in the main series, but I did enjoy his perspective on things too. I liked the little epilogues we got for a few other characters, but overall the rest of the series was better than this book.
3.5ish
while it was a good book, i don't think it was completely needed.
pretty much this book is just from hardin's point of veiw and while there was a few things told in this book that wasn't in the others i think it could have been avoided.
the thing i enjoyed about this book is the catch up it did for some of the other characters. i loved that part.
pretty much this book is just from hardin's point of veiw and while there was a few things told in this book that wasn't in the others i think it could have been avoided.
the thing i enjoyed about this book is the catch up it did for some of the other characters. i loved that part.
Die Vorgeschichte hat mir sehr viel besser als alle After Teile gefallen. War sehr schön die Hauptpersonen noch besser kennenzulernen.
emotional
funny
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-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
I really did want to love this book. I had so many expectations jumping into it but unfortunately, was disappointed. The After series was so good in my opinion, but I think Anna should have just left it alone after book 4. Sometimes it's best not to drag a story.
First of all, you cannot read this book as a stand alone because you wouldn't understand anything. Before gives you a little more insight on the other characters in the After series, and had Anna developed that alone, further, it probably would have been a better read. But for the most part it's the retelling of After, from Hardin's POV. Unfortunately though, a lot of important details are omitted from the story which make you ask yourself over and over .... what? I also felt the writing was a bit all over the place making it difficult to keep me interested in the book.
I really dislike giving poor ratings and like I said, I truly enjoyed the After series, but when reviewing I find it only fair to be honest, and in this case I would have been okay with not reading this book.
First of all, you cannot read this book as a stand alone because you wouldn't understand anything. Before gives you a little more insight on the other characters in the After series, and had Anna developed that alone, further, it probably would have been a better read. But for the most part it's the retelling of After, from Hardin's POV. Unfortunately though, a lot of important details are omitted from the story which make you ask yourself over and over .... what? I also felt the writing was a bit all over the place making it difficult to keep me interested in the book.
I really dislike giving poor ratings and like I said, I truly enjoyed the After series, but when reviewing I find it only fair to be honest, and in this case I would have been okay with not reading this book.