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A review by jessicaludden
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Wow I’m so annoyed with how things happened in this book. It was at least not as boring as the second book, but I just hate how everything ended. By the end of this book, I wasn’t rooting for anyone. I already didn’t like Conrad, Jeremiah sucked, and Belly was annoying. You’re telling me after two books of silence Conrad finally decided to speak up and actually express an emotion or two? The world must be ending. To me, Jeremiah was clearly the better brother, but this book did such a disservice to him. JENNY DID HIM SO DIRTY. He had so much potential and in this book he was written as a lazy, drunk, stoner, frat guy who ended up being a second choice. Meanwhile, Conrad’s written as some misunderstood, brooding guy who was the knight in shining armor the whole time. I feel like it was such a cop out to write Jeremiah off as a cheater. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think him and Belly should’ve been planning to get married. They were way too young, but I feel like their relationship could’ve been written so much better. It felt like the whole book I was just waiting for her to end things with Jeremiah and go running back to Conrad. Belly had no idea what she wanted at any point in this book. One second she’s so in love with Jeremiah and so excited to marry him and the next she hates him for sleeping with someone else while they were broken up or, God forbid, for having allergies. One second she’s remembering what it was like to love Conrad when she was younger and how nice it is to live with him at the house in Cousins and the next she’s remembering how much she hated him for being unreliable and never expressing his feelings. Like how unfair of you to take back what you said two years ago and just be like oh never mind I do love you, I’ve always loved you as soon as Belly is happy and moving on. Where was this two years ago when you had your chance? Jeremiah never stood a chance with the image the author portrayed of him. Overall, was it entertaining? Sure. Am I glad it’s over? Absolutely.
Favorite Quotes:
“Conrad was first, and I loved him in a way that you can really only do the first time around. It’s the kind of love that doesn’t know better and doesn’t want to—it’s dizzy and foolish and fierce. That kind of love is really a one-time-only thing.”
“And then there was Jeremiah. When I looked at Jeremiah, I saw past, present, and future. He didn’t just know the girl I used to be. He knew the right-now me, and he loved me anyway.”
“I wanted him for all seasons, not just summer.”
“Firsts were important. But I was pretty sure lasts were even more important. And Jeremiah, he was going to be my last and my every and my always.”
“I didn’t want to see a mark on his face one day and not know how it got there. I wanted to be with him. His was the face I loved.”
Favorite Quotes:
“Conrad was first, and I loved him in a way that you can really only do the first time around. It’s the kind of love that doesn’t know better and doesn’t want to—it’s dizzy and foolish and fierce. That kind of love is really a one-time-only thing.”
“And then there was Jeremiah. When I looked at Jeremiah, I saw past, present, and future. He didn’t just know the girl I used to be. He knew the right-now me, and he loved me anyway.”
“I wanted him for all seasons, not just summer.”
“Firsts were important. But I was pretty sure lasts were even more important. And Jeremiah, he was going to be my last and my every and my always.”
“I didn’t want to see a mark on his face one day and not know how it got there. I wanted to be with him. His was the face I loved.”
Minor: Death of parent