#the summer i turned pretty

Someone open a source blog for TSITP please.

Belly + Conrad

BTW I saved Bellyconklin url and Jeremiah-Fisher url. So if anyone wants lemme know. Someone that will be using them and not hoarding.

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ is renewed for a second season before the premiere of the 1st season! Whaaat!

Christopher Briney as Conrad FisherinTSITP official trailer.

Jenny said the episodes of TSITP will all be released at once! (I would have preferred weekly ) Chi! I’m not ready! I’m sorry but my blog is going to be all about this show for this month of June.

I’m afraid Belly, Jere and Conrad’s supremacy is coming.

Jeremiah from the trailer

Lola Tung as Isabel “Belly” Conklin in TSITP trailer.

WARNING!!! THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

So I’ve gotta say my expectations for this series wasn’t too high. And by that I mean, I thought it’d be a lot like Girl Online and I’d feel super old reading it because of how juvenile everything was and how unrelatable it’d be…

But I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of substance in this series! There is so much character development and while my family definitely doesn’t have a summer beach house and I’ve never obsessed over a guy since I was 8, I still found so many relatable things in this series. Love? Yes. Unreciprocated love? Absolutely. Heartbreak from the unreciprocated love? You already know it. Loss? Unfortunately yes. Growing up? Well, I would hope this would be relatable!!! haha

**Also, sidenote, I wrote these reviews/reactions after each book, so stay tuned for the complete series thoughts at the very end! :)

The Summer I Turned Pretty was a bit of a slow start as the first book always is; getting to know the characters and places and relationships. But once I felt established in the story, I was hooked. I was a little annoyed at how freaking obsessed Belly was/is with Conrad. Like sure, have a crush. But dear god, like she should not basically have a panic attack every time he even looks in her direction!! 

So yeah… I thought her reactions to him were a little over the top and was very pleased when she had met Cam. I really enjoyed his character and was upset that she basically ghosted him when he had done absolutely nothing wrong. I felt bad for him in the end. 

And of course, one iota of attention from Conrad and Belly is head over heels at the drop of a hat - even though he treats her like absolute shit most of the time. 

I was so freaking upset for Jeremiah, too. That poor boy laid his little heart on the line and Belly could not care less… I know she did, but I just cringed when she was telling Conrad how she felt. Like literally cringing. 

And again, I just don’t get her fascination with him in the first place. She deserves so much better… *cough cough* Jeremiah *cough* But alas, Conrad decided to give her a glance at the end and I gotta say, I didn’t care for it. Luckily there are 2 more books still!

It’s Not Summer Without You was not what I had been expecting at all. The first book looked like Belly was getting her happy ending, and since it involved Conrad, of course, she didn’t get it. Shocker. But it took a little too long for my liking to get to the reason why they weren’t together anymore. And I was tired of hearing Belly complain and mope and pine for Conrad still. It was exhausting to read about so I don’t know how her friends kept up with it!! hahaha

On a serious note, Susannah’s whole story absolutely breaks my heart. She was truly the glue that held everything together. Everything and everyone. When she died, it wasn’t surprising to see everyone kind of fall apart. It really touched a nerve and hit home with me just being able to relate to a person like her who changes the lives of everyone around. As much as I don’t care for Conrad when it comes to Belly. I honestly do care about him as a person. Sure, he deals with things the wrong way, but he is who he is and everything he does has a reason behind it and I’m glad they showed more of that side of him.

Which brings me to Jeremiah. Oh, how I loved reading his chapters!! And WOW did things get juicy QUICK!! 

I was not expecting any of that to happen towards the end but praise Jesus I’m so glad it did! Also loved seeing Belly grow up in that moment and realize that she needed to move on if she ever wanted even a chance at happiness. So Book 2 definitely tops Book 1. Let’s just hope Belly and Jeremiah last a bit longer than Belly and Conrad did and I’m not reading Chapter 1 finding out that they’ve already broken up… 

*I wrote this commentary as I was reading the book, so enjoy my inner thoughts hahaha ;)*

We’ll Always Have Summer started out MUCH better than Book 2! I mean way to just start off nice and calm with Belly in college studying for finals and acing them and going to take a nap and then nonchalantly mentioning Jeremiah in her bed. LIKE WAIT WHAT BACK UP. YES THANK YOU I’M SO HAPPY!!

And then immediately taking this happiness away from literally ALL OF US in the very next chapter… Stupid boys…

AND THEN JESUS CHRIST THIS BOOK IS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER AND I’M ONLY ON CHAPTER 11?!?!

And excuse me, why is she freaking dreaming about CONRAD?!?! I will be so mad if they end up together…

Also, props to Tayler for chilling the fuck out. Well, sort of. But like she’s growing up and she is a really great friend to Belly!

Oh no. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh NOOOOO. Uh-uh. NOPE. I refuse.

Jeremiah’s chapters were welcomed because Jere is sweet and charming and funny and NICE TO BELLY. Why the HELL does Conrad have his own damn chapters??! I mean it’s nice to find out what he’s actually thinking for once, but DO NOT make me start feeling sorry for him. NO.

Again, if she ditches sweet Jeremiah for him, I will be livid. LIVID.

Ok, fam. Like calm down. Sure they’re ‘young’. But is it necessary to react like that?! To outright REFUSE to go to your only daughter’s wedding? Especially when everyone knew one of the boys would marry Belly eventually. Like this shouldn’t be a shocker. I don’t get the dramatics of it.

Great. Of COURSE, Conrad is staying in Cousins, too. This won’t turn into anything. Nope. Never. 

Ok. Wedding plans. More wedding plans.

Conrad GO AWAY.

Sweet baby Jesus. I can’t handle this.

JERE COME BACK.

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD

Ok. Phew. Everything is fine. Wait. What? NO. What’s happening?!? BELLY JUST SAY NO. DIDN’T YOU LEARN ANYTHING FROM D.A.R.E.?!?! JUST SAY NO!!

God dammit.

I am so pissed.

So. Just finished Book 3. Not happy. I just will NEVER understand going back to some guy who hurts you over and over and over. I will never approve of that and I will judge you for doing that. It’s not okay and I don’t care how ‘in love’ you think you are. People who love you don’t continuously hurt you. Period. God, I’m so disappointed in the way this story turned out.

Positives? Jenny Han is a fantastic storyteller. Homegirl can WRITE!

This Love (Taylor’s Version) is coming back to us in the trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty! The new series is out June 17 on Prime Video and This Love (Taylor’s Version) is out TONIGHT at midnight EST.

Pre-save the song now: taylor.lnk.to/thislovetv

Taylor Swift - This Love (Taylor’s Version)

We could go on and on, on and on about how excited we are for This Love (Taylor’s Version) and The Summer I Turned Pretty…

But instead, we’ll just drop The Old Taylor Collection. Available now while supplies last at store.taylorswift.com!

taylornation:

This Love (Taylor’s Version) is coming back to us in the trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty! The new series is out June 17 on Prime Video and This Love (Taylor’s Version) is out TONIGHT at midnight EST.

Pre-save the song now: taylor.lnk.to/thislovetv

Taylor Swift - This Love (Taylor’s Version)

“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.”

-It’s Not Summer without You

“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop yourself from dreaming.”

-It’s Not Summer without You

“Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“ “Are you still coming with me?” I can’t believe he even has to ask. I would go anywhere. “Yes,” I tell him. ”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“ I loved Conrad and I probably always would. I would spend my whole life loving him one way or another. ”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“It felt like the world was ending and nothing would ever be the same again. It was, and it wouldn’t.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“Stop talking. She’s not sick. She’s fine. She’s still Susannah.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“Conrad stepped up close to me, so close our faces were nearly touching, like he might either hit me or kiss me.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“ Watching him serving rubbery eggs and pretending not to be sad, I thought to myself, I will love this boy forever.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“ Compared to you, everyone else is saltines, even Cam. And I hate saltines. You know that. You know everything about me, even this, which is that I really love you.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“This is it. You don’t get to have me anymore. Not as your friend or your admirer or anything. I’m through.”

-The Summer I Turned Pretty

“I didn’t want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.”

It’s Not Summer without You

“Conrad. There’s only you. For me, there’s only ever been you.”

It’s Not Summer without You

“ What I felt for him was bigger than the world, than anything.”

It’s Not Summer without You