“There are moments in life that you wish with all your heart you could take back. Like, just erase from existence. Like, if you could, you’d erase yourself right out of existence too, just to make that moment not exist.”
everyone : WHY IS BELLY SUCH A WHINY LITTLE BABY LIKE I MEAN IK THE BOYS CONSTANTLY TERRORIZE HER AND SINGLE HER OUT AND SHE IS ACTUALLY A CHILD BUT STILL WHY WON’T SHE STOP CRYING
the same exact people when belly snaps at someone : WHY IS BELLY SUCH A SELFISH BITCH OMG SHE IS SO MEAN TO EVERYONE
damn shut the fuck up those boys treated her like shit until she got hot and one is her brother so she was never rlly free from the male torment leave her alone lmfao
the trailer for love and gelato was the most god awful trainwreck i’ve ever seen ?? it didn’t even slightly resemble the book ?? the ENTIRE vibe was altered and changed and it looks so cheesy and like the completely left out the little magic that’s in the book i’m so sad
at least i have the summer i turned pretty bc that show looks like it’s going to be just as comforting and magical as the books
I don’t understand why people don’t like the way The Summer I Turned Pretty books ended…the 3rd book was literally the best one (it DOES EXIST). I love how it shows all of the characters growth from the first one and you can feel how they’ve grown up, and I loved that you got everyone’s POV. Which leads me to my next point- no disrespect but Jeremiah was never out of character. No one was out of character. The first book was only Belly’s POV, meaning we saw everyone the way BELLY sees them, from her perspective only and only through conversations she was present for- we only saw who the boys are in front of Belly (who has a very biased view of both of them). They both had lots of anger and emotions and sadness because of Susannah, but Conrad showed it and let it rip on everyone and Jeremiah hid it and just kept acting his usual happy self. But back to the third book. Joining the frat and being friends with everyone was totally on brand for Jeremiah. As for the cheating thing, Jere always felt like he had to fight to get their dad’s attention from Conrad and Conrad has pretty much always beaten Jere at everything (he even got Belly first!) so dating Belly long term is like the biggest win for Jere. BUT. he knows if he and Belly ever break up, she will eventually find her way back to Conrad. It seemed like when he went on the trip he kinda thought they might be done forever so maybe in a drunken moment of weakness and sadness at maybe losing Belly he slept with Lacey. And he kinda feels like shit after the fact bc he still loves Belly and doesn’t want to lose her, and I think he only hid it from her bc 1) he honestly didn’t think she’d ever find out (and they WERE ON A BREAK) and 2) he doesn’t want to hurt her, and admitting to what he did and breaking Belly’s heart would make him just as bad as Conrad (and it’s a whole big thing that he’s better than Conrad and the friendler, sweeter one who would never hurt anyone) and he was kinda a smug asshole to Conrad about how he’d treat her better and never hurt her. So the only way to not lose her to Conrad is to marry her. Because then Conrad can’t have her, which is the ultimate fuck you, in your face I won to Conrad. And Jere is a dick about too, rubbing it in Conrad’s face. But Conrad is just like okay, fml, this is happening and just helps Belly plan the wedding. That “He was marrying my girl, and I just had to watch it happen” line gets me because he loves her so much he is willing TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE heartbroken watching his brother with the love of his life because he puts Belly and Jere’s happiness above his own (AND let’s not forget he literally steps away from Belly so Jere can have her bc he sees that she’s happier with Jere and he knows he can’t give her the love she deserves at that time) how can you look me in the eyes and tell you’re not Team Conrad after that??? He only changed his mind and told her how he felt because he found out about the cheating thing and realized it would be a mistake for them to get married. like they were not ready and would have regretted it. It was kinda fucked up of Jenny Han to have Laurel give Jere Conrad’s letter though. But I think Laurel might’ve done it on purpose tbh. Also I respect the Jere girls out there, but let’s be honest, Susannah knew, Cam Cameron knew, Jere knew, the entire world knew, we all knew she was gonna ultimately end up with Conrad. like I was on the edge of my seat for most of the third book but it wasn’t really surprising in the end. they were LITERALLY written for each other. also, maybe this is an unpopular opinion BUT yes Conrad was a total dick and should have treated Belly way better but Jere was pretty selfish throughout the books. He would never have just stepped back and let Conrad have Belly (um see the whole 1st book) but CONRAD DID. so yes Jere stayed in character and Conrad and Belly are forever endgame.
also I’m sorry bc i didn’t mean for this to be such an aggressive attack on Jeremiah bc I love him and he is a great character he’s just selfish when it comes to Belly and Conrad, but otherwise sweet and funny and cute and he does love Belly he just has flaws as all characters do.
