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A review by yesse_martinez
Before by Anna Todd

2.0

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.