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omqchristi 's review for:
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
» QUICK OVERVIEW «
Stars: ★★☆☆☆
Plot: ★★★☆☆
Readability: ★★★☆☆
Characters: ★★★☆☆
Writing: ★★☆☆☆
Recommend: ✗
» PLOT «
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Jeremiah and Conrad have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
The idea and guts of this book seem good in retrospect, but considering my immediate reaction was a 2 or 3 star, I just don't think the execution was that good. I really wanted to like this book and the characters and romance. There was more between Jeremiah and Belly than anything between Conrad and Belly. I am all for romances between two people who have no chance, but this just was not it.
The fact that there was barely anything between the main couple just make this book not as good as it should've been. Not to mention the fact that there are sequels, possibly indicating a turnaround regarding the happyish ending. After being burned by Queen of Babble's sequels ruining the first book, I can't tell whether I should be more disappointed more excited.
I am a huge fan of romance. It is undoubtedly my favorite genre. I only need the smallest hint of romance to be invested, and this GAVE ME NOTHING.
» READABILITY «
Nice and short, not a hard read
» CHARACTERS «
like I said above, I just got nothing from anyone. They just needed more development and character.
» WRITING «
The writing is mediocre at best, but I noticed that some of the language is a bit dated and can be offensive.
» OVERALL «
Considering they are filming an adaptation, I might continue the series anyways lol.
edit: after seeing a tiktok, i decided to spoil the book for myself, so i went to read the review of book 3. to say the least, i am extremely disappointed and devastated. i didn't like this book, but the fact that i hate the ending even more and i'll have too see this terrible series be adapted makes me want to cry.
Stars: ★★☆☆☆
Plot: ★★★☆☆
Readability: ★★★☆☆
Characters: ★★★☆☆
Writing: ★★☆☆☆
Recommend: ✗
» PLOT «
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Jeremiah and Conrad have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
The idea and guts of this book seem good in retrospect, but considering my immediate reaction was a 2 or 3 star, I just don't think the execution was that good. I really wanted to like this book and the characters and romance. There was more between Jeremiah and Belly than anything between Conrad and Belly. I am all for romances between two people who have no chance, but this just was not it.
The fact that there was barely anything between the main couple just make this book not as good as it should've been. Not to mention the fact that there are sequels, possibly indicating a turnaround regarding the happyish ending. After being burned by Queen of Babble's sequels ruining the first book, I can't tell whether I should be more disappointed more excited.
I am a huge fan of romance. It is undoubtedly my favorite genre. I only need the smallest hint of romance to be invested, and this GAVE ME NOTHING.
» READABILITY «
Nice and short, not a hard read
» CHARACTERS «
like I said above, I just got nothing from anyone. They just needed more development and character.
» WRITING «
The writing is mediocre at best, but I noticed that some of the language is a bit dated and can be offensive.
» OVERALL «
Considering they are filming an adaptation, I might continue the series anyways lol.
edit: after seeing a tiktok, i decided to spoil the book for myself, so i went to read the review of book 3. to say the least, i am extremely disappointed and devastated. i didn't like this book, but the fact that i hate the ending even more and i'll have too see this terrible series be adapted makes me want to cry.