1.48k reviews for:

The Summer Pact

Emily Giffin

3.3 AVERAGE

camsisreading's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

claudiahall_01's review

4.0

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

malihareza_19's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great beach read and while it had its lighthearted moments, it covered serious topics so check trigger warnings going in.

nlbohr22's review

3.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarah_wagoner's review

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dnf..the plot and characters started out so strong but at around 80% it’s just taken a turn. The romance feels forced, rushed and too physically focused. when I say “too physically focused” I mean that imo, there’s a lack of true love shown and the inner dialogue we are given is solely about physical attraction. not my cup of tea to say the least.

also just a side note, I went in thinking this was a summer book, as in summer the season, but it’s actually titled “The Summer Pact” after one of the characters ahaha

essi_hollister's review

3.25

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This book flowed super well, and was super easy to read, but the story left a little something to be desired. Based on the concept of “summer” you think it will be more flirty, but it really isn’t at all until the end. I’m glad I knew that this was not a light beach read before I started it, or else I would have been sorely disappointed. I would definitely read this author’s work again.

victoriaarosenberg's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ankaplan100's review

2.0

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I liked the first half better than the second half. felt like too much was crammed in the second half and it didn’t match the pace of the first half. also the dialogue sometimes felt forced and formal which gave me the ick :/

jencunning's review

3.5

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melissacunn's review

3.5

fast-paced