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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
Honestly much worse than first book. I felt like it was the same shit over and over and over again and I was so frustrated with Tessa for continuing to go back to Hardin!! I feel like if the book had depth, she would sleep with someone else or truly give up on him. But it's a wattpad fan fiction so what can I expect. 2 stars, but I'm still going to be spending 13 dollars to read the next poorly written and even more poorly edited book.
Posso iniziare col dire che il film tratto dal secondo volume è decisamente meglio del primo.
Come ho detto nella recensione su After, i personaggi vanno incontro a ostacoli creati da loro stessi. Tessa e Hardin hanno due caratteri che si scontrano facilmente, ed entrambi hanno i loro pregi e difetti.
Hardin può essere crudele quanto volete, ma Tessa non è da meno. Entrambi sono capaci di fare delle enormi cazzate per ripicca, rovinando ciò che sono riusciti ad ottenere.
Ma tralasciando questo: conosciamo un nuovo personaggio, Trevor, che nel film ha molta più personalità che nel libro. Avrà un ruolo importante? Di certo non molto rispetto a quello di Zed.
Ops, ho detto troppo.
Come ho detto nella recensione su After, i personaggi vanno incontro a ostacoli creati da loro stessi. Tessa e Hardin hanno due caratteri che si scontrano facilmente, ed entrambi hanno i loro pregi e difetti.
Hardin può essere crudele quanto volete, ma Tessa non è da meno. Entrambi sono capaci di fare delle enormi cazzate per ripicca, rovinando ciò che sono riusciti ad ottenere.
Ma tralasciando questo: conosciamo un nuovo personaggio, Trevor, che nel film ha molta più personalità che nel libro. Avrà un ruolo importante? Di certo non molto rispetto a quello di Zed.
Ops, ho detto troppo.
I love this series! But I did feel like the second book dragged in some places. There were too many little scenes that it sometimes felt like too much. I’m also just impatient wanting them to be together for their version of happy ever after!
I like 'After' more than this one but I still got drawn into the story and I'm curious about the rest. What can I say? I'm a sucker for these kind of things!
Curious to see if the third novel will captivate me or start boring me
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
(copying and pasting to all of the books as it pertains to all of them)
To rate this book, or any of this series, with any amount of stars feels entirely wrong to me.
I read this as part of what I *thought* was going to be a fun "hate-read" where I'd get to roll through this series and poke fun at all the silly shenanigans that the fanic-y mid-2010s brought us. And I did hate it, but that is not at all what this series is. Book one is a silly little time, sure, you get in that mindset. You're giggling at the cringy dialogue and the unrealistic scenarios. But then, books two through four are gut-punch-after-gut-punch of traumatic events and toxic behaviors. There is no single second where you have a reprieve. Not to mention the completely useless "prequel" fifth book that just regurgitates the first book's events but in Hardin's POV even though the series is dual POV anyway. A complete waste of time
This series is a complete normalization of abusive behavior that is not ever even ONCE called out for what it is. Every single character, with the exception of Landon and Smith (a literal child), is completely abhorrent and irredeemable. There's not one moment in this series where the awful things that are happening on page happen for any reason other than shock value and plot movement. No one learns or grows, no one reaps what they sow, no one experiences any consequences. The only person experiencing consequences was me, seemingly, who was triggered, given literal nightmares, and then left IRL exhausted at the end of this awful awful series. Never again.
This woman should not nor should she ever have been successful. These books should not have ever existed. They should not have ever been as popular as they were. They definitely were not fun or guilty pleasure reads. And they certainly did not deserve to be made into movies (that just edited all of the traumatizing plot points out, anyway).
To rate this book, or any of this series, with any amount of stars feels entirely wrong to me.
I read this as part of what I *thought* was going to be a fun "hate-read" where I'd get to roll through this series and poke fun at all the silly shenanigans that the fanic-y mid-2010s brought us. And I did hate it, but that is not at all what this series is. Book one is a silly little time, sure, you get in that mindset. You're giggling at the cringy dialogue and the unrealistic scenarios. But then, books two through four are gut-punch-after-gut-punch of traumatic events and toxic behaviors. There is no single second where you have a reprieve. Not to mention the completely useless "prequel" fifth book that just regurgitates the first book's events but in Hardin's POV even though the series is dual POV anyway. A complete waste of time
This series is a complete normalization of abusive behavior that is not ever even ONCE called out for what it is. Every single character, with the exception of Landon and Smith (a literal child), is completely abhorrent and irredeemable. There's not one moment in this series where the awful things that are happening on page happen for any reason other than shock value and plot movement. No one learns or grows, no one reaps what they sow, no one experiences any consequences. The only person experiencing consequences was me, seemingly, who was triggered, given literal nightmares, and then left IRL exhausted at the end of this awful awful series. Never again.
This woman should not nor should she ever have been successful. These books should not have ever existed. They should not have ever been as popular as they were. They definitely were not fun or guilty pleasure reads. And they certainly did not deserve to be made into movies (that just edited all of the traumatizing plot points out, anyway).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
this book was even WORSE than the first book i can't believe i wasted my time reading this
This book Start off
This book starts off slow but get better as the book goes on this book is longer than the 1st book so prepare yourself for that I really enjoyed both of these books that I've read so far and can't wait to read the 3rd one
emotional lighthearted 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
This book starts off slow but get better as the book goes on this book is longer than the 1st book so prepare yourself for that I really enjoyed both of these books that I've read so far and can't wait to read the 3rd one
emotional lighthearted 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
1 star and a DNF after I concluded half way through book 2 that I’d rather have the female lead end up with ANY of the other characters than the ‘romantic’ male lead we are meant to be rooting for. Bonus minus points to this book for reminding me of my emotionally abusive first boyfriend.