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Before

Anna Todd

3.41 AVERAGE

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morgan_monday's review

1.0

Honestly did not finish / skimmed through it. After 4 long books of the back and forth of Hardin And Tessa I couldn’t read him with his past girlfriends/lovers.
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lisaluvsliterature's review

5.0

Full review of this whole series on my blog, Lisa Loves Literature, tomorrow.
slow-paced
emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Es la pieza del puzle que nos faltaba sobre el pasado de Hardin. Aquí lo vemos desde el punto de vista del Hardin pequeño, lo que hace que todo vaya teniendo sentido cuando crece. Esto no significa que lo esté justificando.

La traducción ha sido impecable y en ningún momento he sentido que estaba leyendo un libro escrito en otro idioma. He investigado un poco a la empresa encargada de la traducción y he visto que tienen buenísimo trabajo. Ojalá leer algo más de ellos. Y recordad siempre apoyar a los traductores, gracias a ellos podemos encontrar los libros que tanto nos gustan en nuestro idioma.

Este libro se divide en tres partes: la vida de Hardin antes de conocer a Tessa en la que narran algunos personajes (también chicas del pasado de Hardin, conocemos a Natalie, incluso a Molly); la segunda parte es cuando conoció a Tessa (que son escenas concretas del primer libro (sobre todo citas y cuando la veía a ella) contado desde el punto de vista de Hardin, y la tercera es después del final de Amor Infinito, también narrado por otros personajes (Christian y Trish) y Hardin.

Es donde más se hace evidente el cambio real de Hardin y Tessa, ya son maduros y no se pelean por cualquier cosa. No sabía qué esperar de este libro, porque pensaba que sería solo sobre Hardin antes de conocer a Tessa, pero he estado pegada al libro queriendo saber qué pensaba él de todo el asunto de la apuesta y sobre lo que sentía realmente por ella.

Otra cosa que me fascinó y que tengo muy guardado de este libro fue que, al inicio de cada capítulo, hay un párrafo escrito por el Hardin del futuro, es decir, el Hardin de final de la historia y una vez que ya ha hecho frente a todo. Ese chico más maduro y razonable que al final acaba llegándote al alma. Cuando lo leía me gustaba pensar que eran las frases de After el libro que Hardin publica en Amor Infinito para darle esperanzas a la gente que son como ellos al principio de toda esta historia.

En definitiva, sigue una línea parecida a Amor Infinito: deja atrás al antiguo Hardin para convertirse en uno mejor que pueda hacer feliz a Tessa. Si te han gustado los libros anteriores, este no será excepción.
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kassireneew's review

4.0

This was the last book of the After series. It was basically After in Hardin's POV. It gave some insight on the other characters to help understand their stories and positions a little better. The POV of Hardin was eye opening to see how his guilt from what he did to Tessa played in to his emotions, made you love him that much more. It was really good and a quick read. It gave a good closure to the end of the series.

This was a completely unnecessary and just bad companion book. It adds nothing to the original series, it’s all over the place. It’s theoretically a chapter or two from almost every side character in the main series, but they all sound the exact same. There’s no direction to the story. It’s essentially a collection of bonus chapters masquerading as a book. The only thing that was even vaguely interesting was the inclusion of Molly’s unexpected past, and a few details here and there that humanized her, but even those were tainted because I got the vibe the author was trying to rewrite history and try to make her characters less one dimensional.

How does this kind of crap get published? Are editors afraid to tell their writers that their stuff is bad and needs a complete overhaul? Or are there no standards anymore and they just want the cash? I also noticed several grammatical errors or just a straight up typo. In a published book. How? I can’t even.

eves_reads's review

5.0

I liked getting to see Hardin's perspective during the time of the Bet. I didn't particularly care for the BTS sections on Molly, Steph, Melissa and Natalie though. I really just love the journey that Harden and Tessa take.
I do wish that there was more explanations of things, like when Tessa wanted to reciprocate and Hardin takes a phone call from Molly--what happened there? But, overall, well written, true to the story and just a "good read" (pun intended).
lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Last book of the seriessss. I loved it like I loved all the other books in this series. This book brought Hardin's book to life and brought all the closure I needed. I loved reading Hardin's pov on himself and Tessa and other characters. It's crazy how different me think from women. I'm glad this book finished off the series!

☆ This series was recommended by a good friend of mine but I always said "later", "ill get to it". Because honestly, the length of the books intimidated me. I read the full series on ebook, let me tell ya'll that was the best decision ever. I finished the books so fast and didn't even realize how long they were. 

jessicadavis99's review

5.0
challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cocoa_puppy320's review

2.25
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes