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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

tillybishop2005's review against another edition

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5.0

A great, easy, heartwarming read that I am most certainly going to re-read this summer. The perfect first love story that warms your heart and stays in your head for days on end. This trilogy provides you with hope that true love still exists and that it can continue throughout the hardest heartbreaks.

emmanovella's review against another edition

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ummmm book one: little childish, but cute and fun and I'm down for it.
book two: uuuuhhh okay? Really? We needed a whole book for these characters to be absolute IDIOTS who couldn't figure out that that is the ONE PLACE they should be going? Riiigghhhtt?
book three: SORRY MARRIAGE?? HAHAHHA NOPE BYE DNF.

This series is literally a love triangle and a fucking half with a back and fourth between one brother and the next but never actually going out with either (i think) and then it's like suddenly they're engaged and I swear the mc still acts like 12... I think she is 12 at least in the first one so like she's probably 16 at most in book three and nope I couldn't do it. I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up with the other brother and then back to the fiance or god knows what but jesus no thanks

romantasylife's review against another edition

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5.0

READ MY FULL REVIEW HERE:

http://www.tiffanysbookblog.com/2016/09/review-summer-i-turned-pretty-trilogy.html

fryd's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

represents grief accurately, more than most other authors. however, i wish it wasn't just centralised on the complications being within the relationships of the characters. it would've been better if there was more happening outside of it.

lulu_b_reads's review against another edition

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Read first book in trilogy and it’s maybe a 3.5 star. But I DNFd the second book. 

noracalloway's review against another edition

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2.0

I fluctuated between liking this, standing it and hating it. The ending was actually fairly good I’ll give it that, but I just feel like they were all....fine. But nothing outstanding.

lillythebaer's review against another edition

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4.0

I personally really enjoyed these books. I finished it in just a few days, which is sometimes very difficult for me. The only thing I disliked (SPOILERS) was how the main character kept switching between the two bothers. After a while, it got slightly annoying. Aside from that I really liked the trilogy.

lissettelovesbooks17's review against another edition

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5.0

This is not one of my favorite books of the series because Jeremiah gaslighted belly to marry him so young that’s what I didn’t like anyways I enjoyed it .

guldeylocks's review against another edition

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5.0

“It was a summer I would never, ever forget. It was the summer everything began. It was the summer I turned pretty. Because for the first time, I felt it. Pretty, I mean. Every summer up to this one, I believed it’d be different. Life would be different. And that summer, it finally was.”

I decided to review this as an entire series (but if you're wondering, the second book is my favorite out of all three) I love this story so much. I think about it everyday, it's like my perfect world to escape to. There's a definite association with "summer" and "first love", in my opinion.
I first read this when I was in middle school, and I feel like these people have grown inside of my head as I age through each year. It's my favorite "book" in this entire world and it's such a special thing that I still stand by that at almost 18, when I first read it at 13.

Belly is your perfect romantic who cherishes childhood as much as I do. I feel like she is so in touch with her younger self, and I can relate to that. I think my favorite books to read are always going to be those about growing up because, when it's written sweetly, it deems itself perfect in my mind.

kiara_tr_29's review against another edition

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4.0

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