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The Summer Pact

Emily Giffin

3.3 AVERAGE

jfarmer18's review

2.5
adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Oh man, I hated this book. The characters were all annoying and so were their storylines.
Like Hannah not telling her fiancée she caught him cheating? Or the way they outed Lainey’s Dad in front of his wife of 30+ years?
it was just…trashy and not believable. Even their trips were stupid and unrealistic. Not a fan of this one. 
emotional funny

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jaymelynn18's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I waffled between a 2 and 3 for this book. But decided on the average rating only because I liked the writing style of the author. But the storyline was unbelievable and a little annoying at times.
dark funny lighthearted medium-paced
fast-paced

kkozek's review

4.0
inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

we love a surprise f/f couple! felt rushed though

kamillaelene's review

4.5
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The story of 3 friends who come together to support each other 

I would've given this book 3 stars until the end. The friendship was fun to read, the travel was fun and adventurous, and it was overall fun. But I did find the characters to be quite archetype-y, and a little just rude and inconsiderate, which made them hard to care about

the Tyson×Lainey thing was like... fine ig, but kinda out of nowhere, and an engagement at the end was crazy. Hannah × Olivia was cute? But also kinda sudden. Also very very weird at the end how she said they were 4 again in a way that to me implied replacing Summer.
I also often found the writing to be kinda unrealistic and show-not-tell-y

I did appreciate the mental health representation and the alcoholism awareness 

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