Anna Todd

This was way too much for me. I have so many problems with this story, but first, the things I liked.

Pros: drama, angst, secrets, Hardin working on his issues, Tessa trying to stand up for herself

Cons: more drama than was necessary (just about every over the top soap opera storyline was used), it was too much, felt way too long, so many unneeded scenes, toxic relationships, dumb moves all the time, the final reveal was predictable

I was pleased with the way Hardin wanted to improve himself, but at the same time one day he was going forward and the then someone said one thing and he second-guessed himself. That would be fine except this book is over 800 pages so it got tiring very quickly. Similarly, this book sees Tessa wanting to improve herself by not allowing Hardin to control her life, but she usually gives in or is too annoying about it. As in, she will mention over and over that she wants to be more independent. I think I got it the first 5 times.

Next, the twists were way too much, I'm not going to go into spoilers, but this read like a soap opera. I'll admit to enjoying the occasional episode of the Young and the Restless but this was a lot in one novel. The only healthy relationship in this novel is the friendship between Landon and Tessa. Everyone else is keeping huge secrets and betraying one another and it just made me angry. I was actually thinking about giving this book a 4 until the last 100 pages or so. Then the characters started making even more dumb decisions that made me wonder if it was only done to be able to have an additional book.

Overall this really wasn't great. This has been my least favorite of the series. I will be reading the last novel and the prequel still since I own the physical copies and want to see if I will be keeping them or giving them away.… (lisätietoja)