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The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
r e v i e w ☀️ The Summer I Turned Pretty
Genre: YA
Trope: Romance / coming-of-age
Format: 🎧
Pub Date: 5.5.2009
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆
“In the dark, you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.”
I did this in reverse order - I rarely watch the show before reading the book, but whoops, I did. I loved the show, so I wanted to read the first book and the second before season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty releases this summer.
Oddly, I enjoyed the show more than the book. One of the main reasons is that I didn’t enjoy the audiobook narrator so much that I recommend not listening to the audiobook but reading the physical (or digital book) instead. The narrator carried a whiney tune through the entire book, and after a while, it started to grate my nerves.
Belly isn’t my favorite character (she isn’t on the show either). I have always struggled with the female protagonist in YA books - I don’t know why, but they don’t always seem relatable. Maybe that’s how all teenage girls are though 🤷🏽♀️ But, I still loved Conrad and Jeremiah just as much. They and Susannah carry the whole story for me.
💕 Young Adult genre mashup
🌊 Summer Romance
🔺 Love Triangle
🙅🏽♀️ Audiobook was not for me
👧🏽 Coming-of-age
🎥 Amazon series adaptation
😍 Conrad & Jeremiah
If you’re looking for a book to put you in the summer frame of mind, then this is the book for you (as long as you don’t mind a little YA).
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Genre: YA
Trope: Romance / coming-of-age
Format: 🎧
Pub Date: 5.5.2009
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆
“In the dark, you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.”
I did this in reverse order - I rarely watch the show before reading the book, but whoops, I did. I loved the show, so I wanted to read the first book and the second before season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty releases this summer.
Oddly, I enjoyed the show more than the book. One of the main reasons is that I didn’t enjoy the audiobook narrator so much that I recommend not listening to the audiobook but reading the physical (or digital book) instead. The narrator carried a whiney tune through the entire book, and after a while, it started to grate my nerves.
Belly isn’t my favorite character (she isn’t on the show either). I have always struggled with the female protagonist in YA books - I don’t know why, but they don’t always seem relatable. Maybe that’s how all teenage girls are though 🤷🏽♀️ But, I still loved Conrad and Jeremiah just as much. They and Susannah carry the whole story for me.
💕 Young Adult genre mashup
🌊 Summer Romance
🔺 Love Triangle
🙅🏽♀️ Audiobook was not for me
👧🏽 Coming-of-age
🎥 Amazon series adaptation
😍 Conrad & Jeremiah
If you’re looking for a book to put you in the summer frame of mind, then this is the book for you (as long as you don’t mind a little YA).
_
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebookend.diner/
Follow my blog: https://thebookenddiner.com/
Follow me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/thebookenddiner
Follow me on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thebookenddiner
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer