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A review by marli3150
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
3.0
I watched the show so of course I had to give the book a shot. Plus the audiobooks are read by Lola Tung and the 2 other books have Gavin & Chris so I was interested in listening to them read it haha
Overall it was a good book. Doesn't stand out to me but also not bad. It definitely is geared towards teens (probably about 15 years old or so) so I definitely wasn't expecting a ton out of it. I definitely was expecting more drama out of it though. Most of the book was Belly just shocked and confused that boys were actually speaking to her.
If you're coming from the TV show just know these are very different! The show is much more drama filled the book didn't have that tension the show had. Belly's relationship with Cam lasted longer in the book than the show. The whole debutante storyline wasn't in the book at all. Similar plot points for sure were present in the book and show, but the show presented them very differently.
I'm definitely interested to see where this all goes and if the tension and drama will pick up in the books.
Overall it was a good book. Doesn't stand out to me but also not bad. It definitely is geared towards teens (probably about 15 years old or so) so I definitely wasn't expecting a ton out of it. I definitely was expecting more drama out of it though. Most of the book was Belly just shocked and confused that boys were actually speaking to her.
If you're coming from the TV show just know these are very different! The show is much more drama filled the book didn't have that tension the show had. Belly's relationship with Cam lasted longer in the book than the show. The whole debutante storyline wasn't in the book at all. Similar plot points for sure were present in the book and show, but the show presented them very differently.
I'm definitely interested to see where this all goes and if the tension and drama will pick up in the books.