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- ChangeFewer tattoos and piercings
In the book, Hardin has piercings and is covered in tattoos. In the movie, the piercings are gone and there are far fewer tattoos.
source ↗ - ChangeA softer mother
Carol is harsh with her daughter in the book, which is why Tessa has nowhere to go back to. In the movie, she's much softer.
source ↗ - ChangeTristan became a girlfriend
In the book, Tristan is Steph's boyfriend. In the movie, Tristan is a girl, played by Pia Mia, and Steph dates her.
source ↗ - ChangeFirst kiss at the lake
In the book, the first kiss happens at a frat party. The movie moves it to the lake.
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- ChangeHardin doesn't get arrested
In the book, Tessa gets close to Zed, and Hardin hurts him so badly he's arrested. The movie leaves out the fight and the arrest.
source ↗ - ChangeA different jealousy in Seattle
In the book, Tessa kisses a stranger at a Seattle bar, and Hardin hits back by claiming he slept with Molly. In the movie, the fight starts when he finds Trevor shirtless in her room after a wine spill.
source ↗ - ChangeHer father shows up differently
In the book, Tessa recognizes her father in a homeless man while out walking with Hardin. In the movie, the man appears in the first scene and only reveals himself at Vance's farewell party.
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- ChangeNo campus hearing
In the book, Hardin faces a university disciplinary hearing for beating up Zed. Since the previous movie cut the fight, this plot is gone too.
source ↗ - ChangeThe party with Steph
In the book, Steph drugs Tessa at a frat party, and Zed comes to her rescue. The movie doesn't have that scene.
source ↗ - ChangeNatalie comes later
On the trip to England, the book introduces Natalie, a girl Hardin hurt in the past who says she has forgiven him. In the movies, she shows up later.
source ↗ - ChangeA more direct ending
The book ends with Hardin suspecting Christian Vance may be his father as Kimberly starts to reveal a secret. In the movie, Vance tells Hardin the truth himself at a bar.
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- ChangeOne book, two movies
After Ever Happy covers the book up to Tessa finding Hardin's manuscript. After Everything starts from the epilogue, with Landon's wedding, and invents the rest, like the Lisbon trip.
source ↗ - ChangeLas Vegas became a proposal
In the epilogue, they reunite at Landon's wedding and hit the road to elope in Las Vegas, but Hardin turns back because he wants their families there. In the movie, he proposes right there at the party.
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The book's epilogue gives Tessa and Hardin a daughter, Emery, and a son, Auden. The movie's flash-forward shows a little girl and a pregnant Tessa.
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- Behind the scenesA movie with no date yet
A movie based on Before was announced in April 2021, written and directed by Castille Landon. Hero Fiennes Tiffin won't return, since this Hardin is younger.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe manuscript's name
In After Everything, the second book Hardin writes is called Before, the same title as this book.
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