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Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way.
But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to.
But he’s also rude—to the p ...more
But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to.
But he’s also rude—to the p ...more
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October 21st 2014
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I don't normally read fan fiction on Wattpad. One Direction fanfiction, even less so. But given that this trilogy nearly has one BILLION reads altogether, I thought to myself: this can't be that bad -- after all, it's literally the most popular unpublished trilogy on the internet right now. I should give it a try.
And I regret it. I'm never again judging a book by its popularity. I honestly have no idea how the movie rights for this were bought, much less how a Big Six publishing house like Simon ...more
And I regret it. I'm never again judging a book by its popularity. I honestly have no idea how the movie rights for this were bought, much less how a Big Six publishing house like Simon ...more
EDIT 11/22/14
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
This appears as a quote from After.
THIS. APPEARS. AS. A. QUOTE. FROM. AFTER.

I can't even. I just can't even. My fuck-o-meter exploded with this. Emily Brontë would be choking herself to death if she were alive.
So, really, to those who believe this book is well written and Todd has a way with words, better to know this lovely quote belongs to Wuthering Heights.
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You know what?
FUCK THIS.
Fuck the industry, fuck the ...more
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
This appears as a quote from After.
THIS. APPEARS. AS. A. QUOTE. FROM. AFTER.

I can't even. I just can't even. My fuck-o-meter exploded with this. Emily Brontë would be choking herself to death if she were alive.
So, really, to those who believe this book is well written and Todd has a way with words, better to know this lovely quote belongs to Wuthering Heights.
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You know what?
FUCK THIS.
Fuck the industry, fuck the ...more
yeah so this was not fuckin great...However, there was this page where there were two Is lined up and I made a doodle:
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Oct 23, 2014
Sasha Alsberg
added it
Im going to re-read After. I read the Fanfic and wasn't too impressed with it but I've heard from friends that the book is better so i'm giving it another go!
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this shit is becoming a movie? [faith in humanity has left the server]
I read this book and it was great. I don't want to spoil anything, so the rest of this review is going to be invisible.
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"u wont to succ my coq tessuh????"
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Keeping in mind what harry styles always says:-
"treat people with kindness!"
Let's start the review of the entire series!( Because it's easy this way!! I can't joke about same thing over and over again!)
I fucking fucking fucking hate this book( this is an understatement)
Someone once said,
"once you have got a Xerox of a Xerox you have some real quality issues"
That's what this book is COPY of a COPY!
SUCCESSFUL PARTS OF TWILIGHT and FIFTY SHADES + HARRY STYLES LIKENESS= AFTER~ CRAP
Let's introduce ...more
"treat people with kindness!"
Let's start the review of the entire series!( Because it's easy this way!! I can't joke about same thing over and over again!)
I fucking fucking fucking hate this book( this is an understatement)
Someone once said,
"once you have got a Xerox of a Xerox you have some real quality issues"
That's what this book is COPY of a COPY!
SUCCESSFUL PARTS OF TWILIGHT and FIFTY SHADES + HARRY STYLES LIKENESS= AFTER~ CRAP
Let's introduce ...more
It's okay to cheat on someone if you lose interest in them. It's okay to choose an abusive, toxic relationship over a real and a healthy one. It's okay to slut-shame anyone whenever you feel like it.
Lesson learnt 🙌
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You can go ahead and judge me for reading this, it’s okay really, I’m already judging myself for it. When I first heard of/picked up After and saw that it was originally 1direction fan-fiction I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life. Then I kept seeing people post pictures and reviews on it all talking about how they are now hooked on this series. It physically hurts me to say this, but I’m hooked too. After is the epitome of what most would call “a guilty pleasure read”. I have never
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Before you read this, please remember that this is my own personal opinion and that, with this very negative review, I'm by no means bashing those who liked this book or related to its characters.
That being said, I think this is the first time in my reading experience where I wish I could rate a book -5 stars. Why? Because After is the most horrible thing I've ever read in my life.
It praises moral/verbal abuse and very unhealty relationships. Not to mention the slut-shaming and the way it sp ...more
That being said, I think this is the first time in my reading experience where I wish I could rate a book -5 stars. Why? Because After is the most horrible thing I've ever read in my life.
It praises moral/verbal abuse and very unhealty relationships. Not to mention the slut-shaming and the way it sp ...more
(0.25/5: 0.1 for Landon, 0.1 for Noah, 0.05 for Steph. That's it. Fuck everyone else.)
Shoutout to the Cursed Books Club, without whom this rant would not be possible, because I would havecommitted arson gone insane two days ago.

Real footage of me being convinced to read this.
Here's your spoiler warning because I honestly have no patience to be funny right now. This book was terrible. I'm going to talk about everything that I found problematic or even vaguely annoying in this book. Please keep a ...more
Shoutout to the Cursed Books Club, without whom this rant would not be possible, because I would have

Real footage of me being convinced to read this.
Here's your spoiler warning because I honestly have no patience to be funny right now. This book was terrible. I'm going to talk about everything that I found problematic or even vaguely annoying in this book. Please keep a ...more
This book is harmful garbage. Don't read it. Just don't.
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Jul 19, 2019
may ➹
marked it as uhhh-no
in response to my friend request question, someone really said this was their favorite diverse book.....hello goodreads 911
First of all I just want to say that I was 100% ready to hate this book with a passion. I’m not a fan of Harry Styles or One Direction (haha this has since changed), but I honestly just wanted to read it so that I could form my own opinion of it and let you guys know how I felt about it.
I want to start off by saying that this was a Harry Styles fanfiction on wattpad that received so many views that it got published. Anna Todd has never written anything else and it’s a fanfiction, so I had to tak ...more
I want to start off by saying that this was a Harry Styles fanfiction on wattpad that received so many views that it got published. Anna Todd has never written anything else and it’s a fanfiction, so I had to tak ...more
I read After when it was 'The Book' on wattpad a few years back and I'm embarrassed to admit that I read all the 3 books in the series (the original one before Ms.Todd decided to milk this for all it's worth and came up with more unnecessary drama in an already fucked up relationship). In my defense, I wanted to see if the girl would grow some balls and dump Harry's sorry ass, which does happen time and again, till Harry strips and Tessa falls head over heels in lust. Needless to say I was repul
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Another fanfiction P2P.
Except instead of using Twilight to establish a fan base, this idiot used British boybander Harry Styles. Now I'm not a fan of One Direction & Co in the slightest, but even I know how messed up this is.
No one knows how this POS/After got out of control. And yea, it is a POS. While reading through the first chapter I was mentally editing it in my brain. Run on sentences, lack of semicolons, past tense bullshit. And knowing that it was bought for six figures by o ...more
After blurb reveal:
Hardin? Seriously? You couldn't be bothered to make it an entirely different name from Harry?
With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to.
Hardin? Seriously? You couldn't be bothered to make it an entirely different name from Harry?
He’ll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every...more
First DNF book of the year.

One of the things I hate doing so much is DNF-ing a book because it feels bad to leave it when you've invested yourself in it in the first place. But sometimes you just have to quit because it just doesn't work out for you. And you can no longer fool yourself and hope that things will get better as the story goes.
So yeah.. I DNF-ed this book for these reasons:
1. Writing Style - This book is poorly written and executed. I see so much potentials in this book but it fails ...more

One of the things I hate doing so much is DNF-ing a book because it feels bad to leave it when you've invested yourself in it in the first place. But sometimes you just have to quit because it just doesn't work out for you. And you can no longer fool yourself and hope that things will get better as the story goes.
So yeah.. I DNF-ed this book for these reasons:
1. Writing Style - This book is poorly written and executed. I see so much potentials in this book but it fails ...more





⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! After, book 1 of 5. The unlikely against-all-odds romance between tatted rebel Hardin Scott & good girl Tessa Young!
“Hardin is like a drug; each time I take the tiniest bit of him, I crave more and more. He consumes my thoughts and invades my dreams.”
Books in The After series should be read in order:
Book 1: After
Book 2: After We Collided
Book 3: After We Fell
Book 4: After Ever Happy
Book 5: Before
The After series is the epic love saga between flawed rebel bad bo ...more
Sep 07, 2014
Chelsea
rated it
did not like it
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
NO ONE
Shelves:
very-very-bad
update: 11/16/15
wow this review is actually getting some attention, so i read the whole thing again and wow i was so embarrassing. please don't judge me lmao. this was written over a year ago (still hate the book with just as much passion tho)
CORRECTION: this book does not even deserve one star. it deserves 0/5 because you cant even call this thing a "book".
IM PRETTY F****** SURE EVERYONE WHO RATED THIS HIGH DONT EVEN READ REAL BOOKS. YOU ALL JUST LIKED THE SMU ...more
I’m just going to start off this review by saying that this is the
worst
book I’ve ever read.
My shelf (which were all made because of this book, by the way) names should speak for themselves:
1-star, abusive-love-interest, books-i-wont-admit-i-read, disgusting, do-not-read, end-me-now, lost-faith-in-humanity, my-brain-cells-are-suffering, never-again, no-just-no, problematic, recommend-to-my-worst-enemy, toxic-relationship, what-the, why-was-this-written
I don’t want anyone else to go throu ...more
My shelf (which were all made because of this book, by the way) names should speak for themselves:
1-star, abusive-love-interest, books-i-wont-admit-i-read, disgusting, do-not-read, end-me-now, lost-faith-in-humanity, my-brain-cells-are-suffering, never-again, no-just-no, problematic, recommend-to-my-worst-enemy, toxic-relationship, what-the, why-was-this-written
I don’t want anyone else to go throu ...more
If you've never been on a roller coaster before, this book will fix it. I have read this book 3 times already and I’m not tired of the relationship between Tessa and Hardin. It’s constantly changing and you don't even have time to get bored.
Two fools. Oh God. ...more
Two fools. Oh God. ...more
everyone: omg. a wattpad fanfic of harry styles got published AND turned into a movie!? fdlafkjdlakdakjsl.
me, an intellectual: niall is actually the best member of one direction and thats a fact.
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my boyband preferences (and truth) aside, i really dont know what to say about this. it was... well, it just was.
can i see why its so hated? absolutely. this is one of the most toxic relationships (real or fictional) i have ever seen. i have no respect for either MC a ...more
me, an intellectual: niall is actually the best member of one direction and thats a fact.
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my boyband preferences (and truth) aside, i really dont know what to say about this. it was... well, it just was.
can i see why its so hated? absolutely. this is one of the most toxic relationships (real or fictional) i have ever seen. i have no respect for either MC a ...more
If you thought the 'Fallen Crest High' series was full of angst and teenage melodrama, you haven't seen anything yet! 'After' is like many other teenage/college-aged romances, with all the "end of the world" dramatics...on steroids. I found this book to be equal parts irritating and addicting.
The "adult" part of me has to acknowledge the truth in much of the criticism I've seen regarding this story. Hardin and Tessa's relationship was a train wreck. I spent a lot of time rolling my eyes and thi ...more
The "adult" part of me has to acknowledge the truth in much of the criticism I've seen regarding this story. Hardin and Tessa's relationship was a train wreck. I spent a lot of time rolling my eyes and thi ...more

Sometimes you read a story that strikes you hard where you're drifting in the haze left from characters who clenched every part of you. After by Anna Todd rendered me SPEECHLESS for the first time ever after finishing a book. I was left in a DAZE, my mind SPINNING. My heart pounded fast like drums in my chest. I was struck so hard by this TORNADO of a TALE that twisted and turned my heart so many times that I could barely breathe. After removed me from everything where I did nothing but LIVE thi ...more
Feb 12, 2021
Sofia
marked it as books-i-will-never-read
"Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way."
Me: Okay. Okay. This is okay.
Me: As long as a bad boy doesn't show u-
"But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to."
Me: 😐
Me: ...
"But he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even."
Me: ABUSE ABUSE A ...more
Me: Okay. Okay. This is okay.
Me: As long as a bad boy doesn't show u-
"But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to."
Me: 😐
Me: ...
"But he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even."
Me: ABUSE ABUSE A ...more
May 26, 2020
danerys ✦
rated it
did not like it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
has-smut,
fucked-up,
rants,
hyped-asf,
made-me-cry,
controversial,
reviewed-by-me,
worst-ships,
guilty-pleasure,
wattpad
hello, hello. welcome to my ✨glowing✨ review of After, one of the most wholesome, least problematic books i have ever read. it’s realistic, it’s cute, it’s hot 🥵, and it gives us ✨amazing✨ expectations for what your future relationships should look like. shall we begin?
꧁The Plot꧂
the plot of after is sooOoOOoo original. it’s about a girl named Tessa who’s smart, good-natured, and kind. I’ve never read about any book characters like her before, she’s a very refreshing character because she’s quirk ...more
꧁The Plot꧂
the plot of after is sooOoOOoo original. it’s about a girl named Tessa who’s smart, good-natured, and kind. I’ve never read about any book characters like her before, she’s a very refreshing character because she’s quirk ...more
Another book that romanticises an emotionally abusive relationship...I think I'll pass.
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ANNA TODD is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series, The Spring Girls, and The Brightest Stars. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone through Wattpad, the reading and writing multiplatform for original stories, with After becoming its most-read series with over 2 billion reads. She has been hailed by Cosmopolitan as “the biggest literary phenomenon of he
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