Vathna's Reviews > The Summer I Turned Pretty

[June 20, 2022: edited some of my ranting here from the time I was in the 10th grade because *cringe*]

284 pages where absolutely nothing happened.

I've read many books with annoying but-bearable protagonists, but this one made me want to pull my own hair out.

I tried my best to like Belly, but every five seconds, she immediately did something so stupid and I just had to hate her all over again.

The main issue with her character is that she was always contradictory. It was so obvious that it had always been Conrad who she liked, but what did she do? Flirt with everyone else to make him jealous? To make things worse, she tried to justify it by convincing HERSELF she did not like him.

Also, can she just stop whining about every single thing that happened? PLEASE STOP BEING SO ENTITLED AND ENJOY EVEN JUST AN HOUR OF YOUR LIFE. Plus, please stop overreacting.

My other complaints about this book includes:
Boring love interest(s): My friend convinced me to read this book saying it was her favorite romance YA book. I felt cheated. The only thing I could remember from this book was Isabel ranting about how her long-time crush did not like her back. Not to mention, all three love interests were completely dull. The fact that she felt conflicted to choose between them made me question her sanity.

Writing Style:
-Too much dialogue and not enough feels into the story.
-Very easy to go through but absolutely no plot at all.
-Chapters are too short and are often cut off to skip to another scenes. (It was extremely frustrating.)