| Title | : | Nothing Less (Landon Gibson #2) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 3453419715 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9783453419711 |
| Language | : | German |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 |
| Publication | : | First published December 6, 2016 |
Nothing Less (Landon Gibson #2) Reviews
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"With her I can be more than the nice guy. I can be more than someone's best friend. I don't have to solve everyone else's problems and neglect my own when I'm with her."
I liked this book better than the first but in some points it was a little boring.
Thank god Landon end up with the girl I wanted (I'm not going to tell) :P -
Bueno...
Tengo un amor/odio hacia Anna Todd y con este libro esos sentimientos se profundizan, cuando supe que Anna iba a escribir sobre Landon me emocione muchísimo porque pensé que los cabos sueltos que quedaron en After, quedarían resueltos en este libro, pero en su mayoría no es así y es una lastima porque creo que muchas de esas cosas las pudo haber explotado al máximo.
El libro transcurre al mismo tiempo que la mitad del libro Amor Infinito (After #4) empieza muy bien, empieza con un Landon que empieza a luchar por lo que en realidad desea y deja las cosas del pasado atrás. Tenemos la visita de Hardin a NY, cosa que ame profundamente, creo que fue lo mejor del libro.
Conforme va pasando el libro el misterio que oculta Nora/Sophia se va descubriendo (en lo personal el gran misterio se me hizo bastante obvio).
Landon deja de fantasear y todo lo lleva acabo (y cuando digo esto me refiero a TODO), empieza a madurar un poco, al menos no habla de su madre en cada capitulo, eso creo que es un gran avance.
Pero conforme se va avanzando llega un punto en que la historia se vuelve plana, el ir y venir de Nora/Sophia con Landon desgasta demasiado (Anna Todd es especialista en tener una pareja así en sus libros) con la fastidiosa y odiosa de Dakota merodeando tampoco hace que la situación mejore. (Dakota es uno de los personajes que más he odiado en la vida, esa chica saca lo peor de uno).
Cuando creías que Landon se estaba convirtiendo en todo un hombrecito tira todo por la borda, ya que no deja ir a Dakota por todo lo que han experimentado desde que eran niños, incluso la sigue deseando, eso se me hizo algo asqueroso. Hasta que Sophia se va de su vida decide "deshacerse" o dejar de estar atado al pasado. Pffff
Nunca en todos los libros de la serie After y esta bilogía he visto un verdadero desarrollo en Landon, cosa que lamento muchísimo porque en verdad Anna Todd tenia mucho material pero prefirió enfocarse en un triangulo amoroso. Me hubiera gustado ya que es algo que he estado esperando desde Amor Infinito ver o más bien leer como se desarrollo esa hermandad entre Hardin y Landon, ya que en el ultimo libro de After se da a entender que son muy allegados, que son mejores amigos aparte de hermanastros, pero en este libro da a entender que la relación no sufrió ningún cambio, que solo un día dijeron pues vamos a llevarnos bien, incluso puede darse a entender por la amistad entre Tessa y Nora/Sophia, no por ellos mismos.
Las escenas finales si fueron una sorpresa, no me las esperaba pero como todo el libro fueron planas, nada nuevo que mostrar y fue una pena.
Bueno lo único rescatable de este libro una vez mas son las apariciones mínimas de Hardin y Tessa, eso fue algo que también me impacto que Tessa no tuvo casi aparición en este libro y eso que es la mejor amiga de Landon y Sophia/Nora.
Volvería a leer algo de Anna Todd? Honestamente no lo se. La bilogía de Landon me dejo un sabor agridulce. -
Venham Mais Landons
“Para todos os Landons do mundo,
que põem toda a gente à sua frente,
mesmo quando não devem.
O karma vai favorecer-vos <3”
Landon, o menino querido da série After regressa a nós com mais um pouco da sua história.
O doce e leal Landon, esse “sopro apaziguador de vida em todas as almas com quem se cruza”, é a personagem emblemática da série After, e foi um prazer acompanhá-lo nesta fase delicada do seu percurso...
Venham mais Landons!
O Mundo precisa!
P.S.: Esta série é particularmente útil a jovens adultas e teenagers, para que possam facilmente reconhecer algum Landon da vida real com que eventualmente se cruzem. Um exemplar dessa estirpe, será a versão século XXI mais próxima do icónico príncipe encantado 😉 🥰 -
Das Leben ist zu kurz, um langweilige Socken zu tragen.
Der abschließende Band um Landon ist nicht ganz so stark wie der erste, aber dicht dran. Landon zeigt wieder, warum er schon in den Büchern rund um Hessa mein Lieblingscharakter war und die Geschichte reißt den Leser mit. Es gab zwischendurch ein wenig viel Drama um Dakota und ihre Familie und das Ende lief mit sehr viel Zeitraffer ab (Ich dachte ein paar Seiten vor Schluss noch 'Hä, kommt da noch ein Buch, so viel kann da nicht mehr passieren, dass es das rumreißt.'), was aber dann doch okay war. -
Sehr schöner Abschluss der Reihe, in diesem Band mochte ich Landon auch wieder wirklich gerne.
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We're back with Landon.
He has an old soul.
A wise-beyond-his-years smile and a heart of dripping gold.
Landon and his girl troubles!
We start off right where we left him in the first book.
He just had almost-sex with Dakota and now Nora is here and they're making cake...
Landon is not sure what he's supposed to do about his love life. He just knows that he's horribly attracted to Nora. But that girl seems to carry all the secrets and problems of the world inside of her. And she doesn't seem to want to open up about anything.
And Dakota is still his first everything and she needs him now too....
In a very adorable prologue we already got a tiny little glimpse into Landon's life a few years from now. I loved that.
Now he only has to decide who he wants to end up with.
Can Hardin be the one with the right advice?
Who will Landon end up with?
Who will be his happily ever after girl?
READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT! ☺
and also read the book for the most adorable Hardin sightings! ♥
This second book was so much better than the first one.
If you haven't yet, and if you're not scared easily, read my
►REVIEW◄ of book one!
This book had a more grown-up feel to it. It wasn't so ridiculously boring and weak and stupid.
This time Landon has to really decide important things about his life. He can't just cruise around Brooklyn without direction. There are grown-up problems to face and decisions to make.
He's a bit more easy and funny about his own stupidity and his own wants and needs.
I can't really explain it. I didn't hate this second book as much as the first one. Maybe that's only so because Hardin visits Landon in New York. ☺
I really enjoyed how Landon is trying to get closer to Nora. But she's so secretive and we have no idea what she's hiding! Even though she gets her own POV for a bit!
I couldn't stop reading! I had to know what Nora was hiding and how Landon will decide in the end!
And also: Hardin! Ugh...he's so adorably grumpy again!
We have some very adorable and sexy Landon and Nora moments...
...and Dakota is getting on our nerves most of the time. But she's all alone in the world now and Landon can't not be her friend. Poor Landon - he needs to think of himself for once in his life!
With her I can be more than the nice guy; I can be more than someone's best friend. I don't have to solve everyone else's problems and neglect my own when I'm with her.
All in all this was a great 2nd book.
I still had some problems with it. Mostly with how whiney and weakish and soft and horribly young Anna wrote Landon. And he's not at all this weak person. He has some strength hidden inside - he just has to find it to fight for what he wants and deserves in life!
If you're a fan of the whole #Hessa universe, you just have to read those 2 Landon books too. Even if only to get those adorable Hardin glimpses! ☺☺ But Landon is a great guy - he just wouldn't be my guy. He would be my gay best friend without being gay! But he's perfect for the girl he chooses in the end and she's perfect for him! ♥
NOTHING MORE was so a lot better than the first book! Landon has some growing up to do - he has to decide what and who he wants for his future!
Run to your nearest amazon to find out who Landon will get married to!!!
P.S. Am I really that old and uncool that Cough Syrup is the ONLY song of Anna's playlist for the book that I know? OY ☺
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O carte frumoasa, care m-a făcut sa-l plac din nou pe Landon! Chiar mi-a plăcut. Am văzut procesul de maturizare emoțională a acestuia, in seria asta!
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I was sent a copy of this book by the publisher.
2.5 stars
I'm not a big fan of Anna Todd's books (I think she's a really cool person though). I really hated After but I thought Nothing More was a lot better compared to After. I still didn't like Nothing More but there was so much improvement in the writing.
I didn't plan on reading Nothing Less but the publisher sent me an unsolicited copy and I felt bad not reading it. I am pleasantly surprised to report that I thought there was even more improvement in the writing. I don't know if it was just because the plot was a bit different from Nothing More or I'm just slowing getting used to the writing style but I didn't hate this book. I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it. I thought it was pretty good compared to After.
If you're a fan of Anna Todd's books or Fifty Shades of Gray, I'd definitely say check out the Landon Gibson series. I think it's miles above After and I don't think it's a complete waste of time. But if you haven't read Anna's books, if you're even remotely a critical reader, I wouldn't recommend this series. -
B.O.R.I.N.G.
Not that I expected anything else, but it really bothers me that I´d rather have read about Hardin and Tessa again than continuing Landon´s story.
I even feel a bit bad about it, because he´s the good guy and practically what every girl should wish for. But between his constant wondering about Nora, his emphasizing on how very normal is and the abundance of twilight related statements (stop comparing yourself with Bella Swan, you are a guy!!!!!!!) there´s not much left. Is there more to Landon than perfect behavior?
This boy has a serious problem with confidence an the fact that he´d rather fix other people than looking at his own life makes him a bit of a problem himself.
Actually- and who would´ve guessed? - I missed Tessa in the story. Irony at its finest, because I´m so fed up with the After series. Still, Landon and Tessa are supposed to be the bestest of friends, yet he ignores her problems and she never cares to talk to him about the mess he´s gotten himself into. They live together without ever troubling themselves with each other?
I´m also majorly pissed because of the food wastage. A baker - sorry, pastry chef - and passionate hobby cook create all those wonderful dishes and most of the time they go to waste? Are they crazy?
Speaking of, at least now we know how very talented Landon is in all things sexual. Despite both Nora and him never tire of stressing his youth and inexperience, he is accomplished in all things mundane and erotic.
My favorite parts, though, are those where the writing qualities of Anna Todd really shine.
She´s like a kitten who wants to be rubbed and fussed over all day. Suddenly, I´m a cat person. I don´t know if I could handle the hair-ball thing, or the pooping-inside-the-house thing. So never mind: I only like kittens in Nora-form.
Do people really think like that? Do people really want other people to talk like that? Think such things? Because they just made me roll my eyes slash cry of laughter and that´s probably not the reaction I was supposed to show.
The plot is a copy and paste of every NA story.
If the book at least would´ve surprised me with something I could´ve forgiven the real stupid stuff. But since Pottermore made Landon a Hufflepuff, I don´t feel inclined to show much good will. -
Was für eine Shitshow!!!!
Erstmals mochte ich mal niemanden in dem Buch.
Tessa und Hardin waren wirklich ur Nebenfiguren und von deren Geschichte kam kaum was vor - zum Glück!
Nora war eine schreckliche Person Landon gegenüber.
Landon war da, aber hatte nicht wirklich was an Persönlichkeit. Er ist halt der gute nette Kerl.
Ich war an einem Punkt wo ich gehofft hab, dass er am Ende doch Dakota nimmt, wenns eine von den Zwei sein muss. Dabei mochte ich die auch noch nie!!
Am liebsten wärs mir gewesen, wenn er single geblieben wäre. Hier mal ein Date mit wem. Dann mit wem neuen. Und sich dann ganz neu verliebt hätte.
Denn die Beziehung zu Nora macht null Sinn.
Es war körperlich, aber ansonsten…. Die hatten nicht mal Chemie.
Sie hatte einen Haufen an Geheimnissen und einen gewissen Hass Dakota gegenüber, für deren Vergangenheit mit Landon.
Während die After Bücher sicher auch kein Meisterwerk waren und einiges an Fehlern hatte - die Bücher waren zumindest unterhaltsam.
Hier war ich nur genervt. Genervt von Landon, weil er plötzlich so meh war und schon wieder so mit sich spielen hat lassen.
Genervt von Nora. Sie war nicht bereit Teile von sich an Landon zu geben und gleichzeitig hat sie von ihm aber alles erwartet.
Die Bücher fliegen aus dem Regal. Und bald ist es hoffentlich wieder aus meinem Kopf und ich werd nie wieder eine Sekunde an Landons Bücher verschwenden. -
En toda honestidad, estos libros no deberían haber existido. And that's on what? PERIOD.
Mis opiniones respecto a este no difieren mucho del primer libro de esta bilogía. Es aburrido, tedioso y de verdad con los personajes más de hueba y unidimensionales que hay. Landon es un pésimo protagonista sin carisma, personalidad o incluso la más mínima pizca de interés. Dakota solo esta para hacer "conflicto" y ni empecemos con Nora.
Aunque, algo que si debo admitir, es que este tiene mejoras respecto al anterior. Hay un poco más de trama, ya que hay un cierto toque de misterio, hay más de lo sucio, if you know what i mean, y hasta hay más cosas que te hacen querer seguir leyendo. Pero eso no lo salva para nada.
Me arrepiento de haberlos leído? No. Podría haberme ahorrado mi dinero y no haber comprado estas madres? Sí. Seguiré leyendo a Anna Todd? Por supuesto. Mi poderosisima Anna Todd puede hacer mejor que esto, yo lo se. -
Me ha gustado, pero es un libro que me he leído por no dejar la bilogía a medias. No ha sido un libro que leería de nuevo cuando no tuviera nada que hacer, pero sí que ha sido interesante conocer cómo iba a terminar la historia de Landon. Este libro ha sido crucial para decantarme por no leer After, ya que he odiado a Tessa y Hardin, son la pareja más tóxica con la que me he topado en la vida como lectora. Por lo demás, una lectura buena.
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We're back with Landon.
He has an old soul.
A wise-beyond-his-years smile and a heart of dripping gold.
Landon and his girl troubles!
We start off right where we left him in the first book.
He just had almost-sex with Dakota and now Nora is here and they're making cake...
Landon is not sure what he's supposed to do about his love life. He just knows that he's horribly attracted to Nora. But that girl seems to carry all the secrets and problems of the world inside of her. And she doesn't seem to want to open up about anything.
And Dakota is still his first everything and she needs him now too....
In a very adorable prologue we already got a tiny little glimpse into Landon's life a few years from now. I loved that.
Now he only has to decide who he wants to end up with.
Can Hardin be the one with the right advice?
Who will Landon end up with?
Who will be his happily ever after girl?
READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT! ☺
and also read the book for the most adorable Hardin sightings! ♥
This second book was so much better than the first one.
If you haven't yet, and if you're not scared easily, read my
►REVIEW◄ of book one!
This book had a more grown-up feel to it. It wasn't so ridiculously boring and weak and stupid.
This time Landon has to really decide important things about his life. He can't just cruise around Brooklyn without direction. There are grown-up problems to face and decisions to make.
He's a bit more easy and funny about his own stupidity and his own wants and needs.
I can't really explain it. I didn't hate this second book as much as the first one. Maybe that's only so because Hardin visits Landon in New York. ☺
I really enjoyed how Landon is trying to get closer to Nora. But she's so secretive and we have no idea what she's hiding! Even though she gets her own POV for a bit!
I couldn't stop reading! I had to know what Nora was hiding and how Landon will decide in the end!
And also: Hardin! Ugh...he's so adorably grumpy again!
We have some very adorable and sexy Landon and Nora moments...
...and Dakota is getting on our nerves most of the time. But she's all alone in the world now and Landon can't not be her friend. Poor Landon - he needs to think of himself for once in his life!
With her I can be more than the nice guy; I can be more than someone's best friend. I don't have to solve everyone else's problems and neglect my own when I'm with her.
All in all this was a great 2nd book.
I still had some problems with it. Mostly with how whiney and weakish and soft and horribly young Anna wrote Landon. And he's not at all this weak person. He has some strength hidden inside - he just has to find it to fight for what he wants and deserves in life!
If you're a fan of the whole #Hessa universe, you just have to read those 2 Landon books too. Even if only to get those adorable Hardin glimpses! ☺☺ But Landon is a great guy - he just wouldn't be my guy. He would be my gay best friend without being gay! But he's perfect for the girl he chooses in the end and she's perfect for him! ♥
NOTHING MORE was so a lot better than the first book! Landon has some growing up to do - he has to decide what and who he wants for his future!
Run to your nearest amazon to find out who Landon will get married to!!!
P.S. Am I really that old and uncool that Cough Syrup is the ONLY song of Anna's playlist for the book that I know? OY ☺
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And thus concludes the After side-story that I'm fairly certain nobody asked for and nobody wanted.
During the first book, I wasn't sure who Landon would end up with. Although if you ask me, he should have ended up with neither of them, because they're both petty, awful people and Landon deserves a princess... not spoiled, entitled assholes who think that they can simply just use Landon and then toss him aside when he's done.
But during the course of this book... Gee, I wonder who he's going to end up with? Could it be the girl that he's going out of his way to avoid? Or the girl WITH HER OWN POV CHAPTERS?!
No clue. Can't decide. Such a mystery. /SARCASM
The ending was a miserable waste of time, too. It kind of felt like Todd got bored with her own systematic formula, which... WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE THIS WITH THE AFTER SERIES? Yeah, the After series was still unnecessarily long, but at the same time, two books would have been a hell of a lot better than four. (I want to live in the perfect world where the After series doesn't exist at all, for everything that it originated as, but here we are.)
So for the end, not only is it a crash ending, with all of the loose threads being just like “OH, AND THIS THING HAPPENED!” for two seconds while Todd focused on the “happily ever afters”... The worst part is that, in my mind, those loose threads would have made for a way more interesting story rather than Dakota and all of her privileged, immature shit-throwing and drama-starting.
Except... Except that I don't want that at all. Because while I think that I could probably find a similar story somewhere else... If left up to Todd, it would be nothing but drama and pointless circling around for chapters and chapters and there's zero character development and zero plot movement.
You know, kind of like literally all of her other books have been? (And after having now read seven of Todd's works, I feel like I can say this with 100% certainty.)
All in all, especially compared to the After series, Landon's series was bland and completely forgettable. In a week, I will probably struggle to remember what happened, and in a month, I doubt that I will have remembered that I've read this series to begin with. -
Actual rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
You've taken it all from me. There's nothing left to give her. You have it all.
After Landon found Nora with a trash bag full of clothes, it was clear that the relationship between them changed. Landon knew that there was something going on and he felt a compelling need to take care of her. But Nora carried too much baggage. She did not want to be fix neither need a knight shining armor to save her from her sh*t. With Nora keeping secrets, could she promise Landon not to tell lies?
Nothing Less was written on both Nora and Landon's POV. See a pattern there? By now, you could have guess who was the woman he got a happy ending with that I mentioned awhile ago. The story focused mainly on how Landon unlock the mystery behind Nora and what was the history behind him and Dakota.
The back story that I wanted to know in Nothing More was mostly given here in this book. The mention of Dakota's past shone a light on why she acted self-absorbed or angered and what made her and Landon stuck on each other. I know that her horrible past would never be an excuse to treat Landon the way she did but I rooted for her and realized that her character was complex, flawed and human. She might start as an unlikeable but for me, she somehow was able to redeem her character at the end of the story.
I also learned that Nora, even before they've all moved to New York, have her eyes on Landon. She has said several times that she was not looking for another relationship or she and Landon could never be together in a real way but she never kept her distance with him. She even pushed Landon towards her. If Landon was frustrated and confused? So did I!
Being able to read Nora's voice with the constant truth game she had with Landon, it was never been enough. I didn't knew her until all the secrets came out seven pages (yeah! I literally count the pages) before the story ended.
For Landon's character, I couldn't say that he morphed into a butterfly. He changed a bit but at least, he was able to man up and have the choices on his own. He might have hurt Dakota for choosing Nora over her but he was still the Mr. Nice Guy I knew he was who once let himself tangled in a web.
I admit that this was much better than Nothing More. The story got some depth of clarity with underlying issues on suicide and bullying. I couldn't say that I loved it but it was definitely more engaging and I'm happy with the way things turned out for Landon and Nora.
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Nothing Less is the second (and the final, thank God) book in the Landon Gibson series, a spin-off of the steamy college romance series, After.
First of all, it's BORING. There's no plot, no action, not even that much drama. NOTHING. And then LESS, lol
There's something else, though: SECRETS. A lot of them. So much beating around the bush, so much prolonged buildup, and ZERO answers until the very end... And the ending is kind of underwhelming.
In addition, somewhere in the middle of the book I felt like for about 70 or so pages I was stuck in a tiny, dingy Brooklyn apartment watching two people kiss and stuff. That's basically the majority of the story.
I was also kind of irritated by the amount of wasted food. Stop making so much food if nobody eats!
On a positive note, I'm officially done with the entire After series. I'm finally FREE!!!
Note to myself: even if you love the first book, don't go and buy the entire series all at once because you might end up stuck with it long after you stop enjoying it. -
Ich fand es am Ende doch noch etwas besser als erwartet, und Landon ist schon jemand, der einem irgendwie unter die Haut geht...
Komischerweise hatte ich weniger das Gefühl, dass tatsächlich seine Geschichte erzählt worden ist, sondern viel mehr die Geschichten der Frauen....
Wenn ihr also Nothing more mochtet, werdet ihr auch Nothing less mögen.... -
I loved reading from Landons POV, and getting sneaky little hints about Hessa throughout the book.
I’m officially finished with all books in the After universe, and I’m sad!! -
After reading Nothing More I could not wait to get my hands on Nothing Less. When I got an ARC of this book early I literally squealed. The minute I got it I started reading it and I could not put it down . I could not stop reading no matter how I told my self okay just one more chapter and we will save the rest for later nope that didn't work for me . I devoured this book in just a few hours and I loved it ,Nothing Less was fantastic book by Anna Todd.
We literally pick up with Landon right where we left him at the end of Nothing More, after that ending all I could think is what is going to happen next?. I loved the direction Anna Todd decided to go in this story .Everyone who has read the After series wants to know who Landon got married to and when I found out the answer to that question and how ever thing unfolded in this story ,I could not be happier with how everything turned out for Landon . I think we all know how amazing Landon is , he is kind , sweet , loyal , genuine I have many wonderful words to say about him , but we also got see him stand up for himself , we got to see him discover a lot more about himself and we also got to see him fall in love again. Getting to read Landon story was just an amazing experience and I honestly could not ask for more from this story in my opinion it was perfect .Nothing Less and Nothing More are both officially on my favorite books of 2016 list .
Nothing Less was a sexy , emotional, heartwarming story. Anna Todd is a fantastic writer and I cannot wait to get my hands on her next book, after reading this story I just know its going to be amazing .If you love all these things in your books I suggest you get a copy when it comes out December 6,2016. -
Учудващо ми хареса повече от първата книга.
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Ich persönlich fand „Nothing less“ von Anna Todd ganz Okey, aber mochte den Teil davor einfach lieber. Bin etwas enttäuscht von der Story aber kann man dennoch gut lesen.
Für mich ist das Buch kein „muss“ aber wenn man Landon also Person interessant findet, kann man es gut lesen. -
Klappentext
Landons Leben in New York ist ein ziemliches Abenteuer, und er ist hin- und hergerissen zwischen zwei Frauen. Mit einer verbinden ihn eine lange Geschichte und viele besondere Erfahrungen. Die andere zieht ihn magisch an und fasziniert ihn auf eine Art und Weise, die ihn irritiert. Doch für wen soll er sich entscheiden? Ist es seine Geschichte, die zählt, oder sein Instinkt?
Meine Meinung
Das Buch erzählt aus der Sicht von Landon und Nora. Landon ist der immer freundliche, nette, beste Freund. Er ist hilfsbereit und denkt selten an sich selbst, doch er ist hin- und hergerissen zwischen Dakota, seiner Liebe aus der Vergangenheit, die nicht von ihm loskommt, und Nora, die er wirklich gern gewonnen hat, aber die unnahbar und verschlossen wirkt. Nora hat Schwierigkeiten, sich auf Landon einzulassen, denn sie verbirgt einige Geheimnisse vor ihm, die nicht unbedingt selbstverständlich sind. Sie ist stark und selbstbewusst, aber tief in sich verletzlich. Das Misstrauen, das in dieser Geschichte absichtlich gesät wurde, war meiner Meinung definitiv unnötig. Die Entscheidung war bereits nach wenigen Seiten gefallen und die Geschichte wurde ein wenig künstlich daduch in die Länge gezogen. Die Geheimnisse, die Nora verbirgt, waren mehr oder weniger überraschend und durchaus interessant. Insgesamt hätte die ganze Geschichte auch in ein Buch gepasst und ein wenig Drama weniger hätte der Geschichte auch gut getan. Dennoch mochte ich wieder den Schreibstil und das Buch war angenehm fesselnd zu lesen.
Bewertung
Eine gelungene Fortsetzung, die mich gut unterhalten konnte, aber ein wenig unnötig in die Länge gezogen wurde, daher gibt es diesmal
3 von 5 Würmchen -
Als großer Fan von Anna Todd habe ich bislang all ihre Bücher gelesen. So auch "Nothing More", der erste Band, der sich erstmals ausführlicher mit Landon beschäftigt hat. Obwohl mich dessen Geschichte bislang absolut nicht umgehauen hat, wollte ich auch unbedingt den zweiten Band "Nothing Less" lesen und bin mit doch recht geringen Erwartungen an die Geschichte herangegangen, was auch letztendlich ganz gut war.
Anna Todds Schreibstil ist nach wie vor recht speziell und einfach gehalten, allerdings ist ihre Schreibweise auch in gewisser Hinsicht faszinierend, sodass ich von ihr wohl auch eine bedruckte Toilettenrolle lesen würde. Problem ist jedoch, dass Landon - wie schon seit Band 1 der "After"-Reihe - als Figur absolut nicht viel hergibt. Er ist lieb, er ist nett, er ist zuvorkommend, aber gleichzeitig ist seine Geschichte auch vollkommen belanglos, da mir bei ihm die Besonderheit fehlt und auch seine Geschichte nicht den gewünschten "WOW"-Effekt besitzt.
Landon, Nora und auch Dakota sind - wie auch schon in "Nothing More" einfach nur nett, allerdings fehlt mir bei ihnen die nötigen Ecken und Kanten, um sie tatsächlich liebenswert oder gar interessant zu finden. Ich finde es zwar schön, wie sich die Geschichte entwickelt und es auch das ein oder andere Geheimnis gibt und Landon auch zusehends ein besseres Verhältnis zu Hardin bekommt, allerdings war mir dies etwas zu wenig.
Ich habe mir für "Nothing Less" mehr Emotionen und vor allem mehr Überraschungen gewünscht, allerdings sollte dies einfach nicht sein. Ich fand zwar die Auflösung letztendlich ganz gelungen und habe da auch zum ersten Mal etwas mitfiebern können, allerdings ist "Nothing Less" nie an die ersten fünf Bände der "After"-Reihe herangekommen, was ich doch ein wenig schade finde.
Das Cover ist dagegen wieder einmal wunderschön und wirkt sehr edel, dazu passt es hervorragend zu den anderen Bänden, sodass es ein toller Hingucker ist. Die Kurzbeschreibung ist ebenfalls in Ordnung und war mit ein Auslöser, weshalb ich das Buch unbedingt lesen wollte.
Kurz gesagt: "Nothing Less" ist leider bereits wie sein Vorgänger "Nothing More", nämlich genau wie Landon selbst: Nett, aber oftmals viel zu belanglos. Zwar ist hier nicht alles schlecht und die Geschichte konnte mich durchaus stellenweise unterhalten, allerdings hat mir leider der erhoffte "WOW"-Effekt gefehlt. Für mich ist es somit leider ein enttäuschender Abschluss. -
Nothing Less starts off right where the last book left off. Landon and Dakota have ended things, but somehow they can't give each other up yet and sometimes that can be a problem. Landon finds himself wanting to know Nora more and more, but she is hell bent on keeping him out.
Landon is such a sweet guy! He has always been that guy, even in the After Series. He's always been the one Tessa can lean on and even at times Hardin, so I guess it was time that Landon be the one struggling to figure his relationships out. He knows he wants more with Nora, but she is so mysterious in her ways. She doesn't want a relationship, or for Landon to get to know too much about her, but she wants to be friends. That just drove me bonkers because they are clearly majorly attracted to each other! And even after they get closer Nora is still keeping him at arms length, dear god woman just stop! Landon can't turn to Tessa for advice because that is a major conflict since she and Nora are god friends, so he goes to the only other person he can which is Hardin. That just cracked me up because Hardin is still a mess in a lot of ways, and he still needs to fix his crap with Tessa! Anyway, he wasn't so bad at the advice part though.
I love the way Landon and Dakota's relationship progressed throughout the book. They have a lot of history and Landon wasn't just going to cut her off, because it's not right. Sometimes people are so much a part of your life that even if the relationship changes they will always be there, sometimes very minimally, but there none the less. Now all we were waiting for was whatever the heck Nora was hiding! Will their new relationship survive that storm?!
Landon proved time and time again that he is a man of his word! I loved him then, I love him now, I will always LOVE HIM! If you're a fan of the After Series, you do not want to miss out on Landon's story!
*A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review. -
Que final tão bonito. Não é neste livro que vemos o Hardin e a Tessa juntos, mas para lá caminham.
Adorei o enredo que a Anna criou neste livro e a personagem que escolheu para terminar com o Landon.
O Landon para mim sempre foi o “príncipe encantado”, aquele rapaz que qualquer miúda gostava de começar uma relação. Muito calmo, um cavalheiro e acima de tudo amável.
Nas primeiras páginas do livro temos um retrato da vida adulta do Landon.
Num ápice voltamos ao Landon que está na faculdade e a trabalhar no Grind e não sabe como vai desenrolar a sua relação com a Nora. Ou como irá explicar à sua ex namorada Dakota que sente uma atracação muito grande pela Nora. Mas neste impasse está indeciso com qual das duas vai ficar.
A Nora neste livro está completamente apaixonada pelo Landon, mas esconde algo. Tem receio que o Landon não olhe para ela da mesma maneira. Quando lá chegarem vão perceber o porquê de não ter contado ao amor da sua vida a sua história.
Carrega um peso que não quer dividir com as pessoas que mais ama.
A Dakota continua obcecada por recuperar o Landon e agora com a morte do seu pai mais ainda.
O Landon sempre foi o seu pilar e o seu porto seguro durante anos de maus tratos por parte do pai. Perder o seu irmão e a fuga da mãe destruíram-na de formas incalculáveis. Para ela perder o Landon o seu porto seguro está a transformá-la numa pessoa egoísta.
Reencontramos neste livro a Tessa e o Hardin. Que é sempre maravilhoso de se ver.
Em resumo adorei este livro e gostei bastante do final que a autora lhe deu.
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Rate: 5 / 5 stars
Boy, so much happened, secrets were unveild, choices were made.
I am so so glad Landon finally realized his worth and how Dakota didn't really love him. I love how everything played out and how it ended.. yes! For a second there I was afraid my ship was gonna sink. Thank the Lord it didn't. Landon deserved real love, someone who truly appreciated him in every way. My baby. So happy. -
Wow j'ai davantage aimé ce tome que le 1er tbh ! La fin me rend super heureuse pour Landon. L'intrigue est plus soutenu dans ce second tome comme je suggère à tous de lire Anna Todd. Elle a une plume qui me captive tellement, mais pas meilleure que Jennifer L Armentrout of course !
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I finished what she has written so far! Slow going but I still like it......I know Landon marries, just who does he choose?!
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War auf jeden Fall besser als Nothing more aber muss man nicht lesen.
