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I want to tell you my secret now.

I see dead people.

Silent breathing people.

I need my sister and my daughter.

Rosberg.

What's in the box? Hello and welcome to another Slate spoiler special. I'm Marissa Martinelli, and today we're spoiling after starring Josephine Lankford as Tessa Young and Innocent Young College Freshman, who falls for Bad Boy, Hardin Scott, played by Hero Finds Tiffin. The movie is directed by Jenny Gage, making her feature film debut, and is based on the fanfic turned best-selling novel by Anna Todd. Joining me in the studio, we have Slate editorial assistant, Rachel Hampton. Hi, Rachel. Hello, Marissa. And by Slate podcast producer, Daniel Schrader. Hi, Daniel. Hey, Marissa. So for about three quarters of this movie, I thought, huh, this is kind of a strange choice for a spoiler special.

Because very little happens in the way of plot.

What are you talking about?

But then there's a twist.

So we will dig into all of that.

But first, Daniel, I want to start with you because you actually read the novel after that this is based on.

Okay.

Red is a strong word.

I downloaded the audiobook and decided to listen to it because...

You're a sucker for punishment.

Exactly.

And it was the most boring thing I've ever listened to.

Really?

It was very dull.

At one point, I was listening to it at three times the normal speed and still was not interested.

So this originally started not as a book, but as a fan fiction published in many,

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