Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone. This book was so sweet and romantic, it's a great read for valentines.4.5 / 5 StarsFind this one and more reviews on my blog! :A Book. AThought. I've loved this one guys,again I'm trapped by the incredible Jenny Han writing style , really is one of those authors who know how to put together a catchy story that will make you feel many things, I think her books are so easy to read, I've just flow through the pages, was great.My first experience with Jenny was with Burn for Burn and Fire with Fire books that I have loved very much, they're original and again, easy to read, I still need to finish this trilogy but I think I'll do it soon because I'm very interested on it.Back to "The Summer I Turned Pretty", this book is about a girl named Belly who loves summers, so much so that she basically tells her life through summers, which happens in the beach house of her mother's best friend, along with her mother and her brother, there also are Conrad and Jeremiah who are the children of this woman. This is like a tradition that their families have and runs every summer since Belly has about 10 years old I think.When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can't say in real life. The plot is told in first person by Belly that in addition to telling us her present and what is happening, also tells us her past, so we have chapters of the past and others of the present, that I liked very much because it puts us very well on the situations and understand more the behavior, the decisions and thoughts of the characters.I really like Belly as a main character, I was not 100% according to her behavior during the story but if I can get to understand the why and I also think it's a stereotype of a "normal" girl with which everyone can feel Identified, so I like her and I think that surely will have time to mature and grow in the following books.It's the imperfections that make things beautiful Speaking of the other characters, I love Jeremiah so much, he is super sweet, attentive and funny, I really liked him from the beginning is a warm person, it's pleasant to read about him, his dialogues are always honest, fun and great to read.On the other hand we have Conrad, who is the typical miterious guy, who keeps everything to himself and treats others like shit without explanation, lol, the truth is that I really liked him close to the end , when you understand the things that he had to been through , it's like if you can feel more stuck to him, but most of the book I thought he was an idiot, so I still don't know where to go with him.In addition to the obvious romance in the plot, the love quartet in which I suddenly see myself immersed, in addition to all that, this book touches other issues such as the importance of family, friendship despite everything and a disease as serious as cancer is, so they will surely be on a roller coaster of emotions just as I was.Best friends are important. They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have. We have fun moments, serious moments also, sad and emotional, I think the variety of emotions that made me feel were so strong, and at the same time you don't stay stuck in reading ever, and I could go on to the next topic quite well, and that's why I emphasize with the writing style, because it's super fluent and unique :).I recommend it a lot for those who want to enjoy a summer reading, romantic, with a lot of friends and fun times, for those who don't have afraid to shed a couple of tears too, because the experience is quite complete and you will feel many things, consider yourself advised and enjoy! :)

*** 2.5 stars ***Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? I started reading The Summer I Turned Pretty because I felt like a reading slump was heading my way and a couple of people told me that this would be the perfect book to read in such a situation. And it actually is because this was such a quick read and I finished it in less than a day. Its also a perfect summer read that you can enjoy while spending your time on the beach.But even though it was a cute book, it was also very cliché and often quite predictable. But that wasnt the worst thing about this book because its something I can usually live with. The worst thing was definitely the main character, Belly. She was such an annoying character and such a whiny little brat. I know that this is a coming of age novel and many girls that age might tend to behave like her but in my opinion, she was just way over to the top. She was complaining so much, she literally made me want to rip my hair out at some points. Belly was constantly going on about how badly the boys were treating her, how they were always treating her like a child (though she was the one that constantly acted like a 9-year-old) and how they never asked her to come along when going somewhere. She literally made them responsible for everything she didnt like, for example how she didnt know anyone in the town they spend their summer breaks in because it wouldve been their job to take her to parties like seriously though, what the hell? She can walk and talk, she shouldve left the house herself and made her own friends in that town instead of spending all her summer sulking because the three boys just preferred doing their own things. She was literally such a pain in the neck, I think she was even more annoying than America from the Selection series and I actually thought that was impossible.All of this just made me feel like I was way too old for this book and I really dont know if Ill actually continue this series even though I liked the other characters. I loved Conrad, Jeremiah and Steven and I also think that this book was generally very well written. But because of the main character and the fact that I felt a little too old for the entire story, I can only give TSITP 2.5 out of 5 stars.(PS: Im sorry about the fact that half of this review is just me complaining about the MC but she was literally driving me insane!)

I wish I had ten thousand middle fingers so I could give them all to this book.

where the fuck am i?oh righti eye rolled myself into another dimension

284 pages where absolutely nothing happened.I originally wanted to give it a star, but well, at least I finished the book, so this is me being nice. I've read many books with annoying-but-bearable protagonists, but this one made me want to pull my own hair out.Edit: I changed my mind, bye.Belly wasn't that bad, but whenever I tried to like her, she immediately did something entirely stupid and I just had to hate her all over again. Not exaggerating, but she was annoying 90% of the time. Like how many boys was she interested in at the same time? Did she even realize she was basically hurting every one of them by making a move on all of them at once? (Probably not on Jeremiah at least, but he was hurt by it too, okay?)Belly was constantly lying to herself about who she actually liked. It was so damn obvious that it had always been Conrad, but what did she do? Flirt with everyone else to make him jealous? Seriously? *roll eyes for the 100th time* Look, I've been avoiding this cliche all my life. Also, can she just stop whining about every single thing that happened? I honestly hate that kind of main characters. PLEASE STOP COMPLAINING AND ENJOY EVEN JUST AN HOUR OF YOUR LIFE.Plus, please stop overreacting at stuff that wasn't even that bad to begin with.My other complaints about this book includes:Boring love interest(s): What kind of romance novel have such boring love interests? I didn't even get to know that much about any of them and the book ENDED. What was the whole plot even about? The whole thing couldn't actually have been only about a very annoying Isabel and her constant complaints of her long-time crush not liking back.... Right?Hell no. And don't even get me started on how many boys there were. 3. I really really dislike love triangles but at least that was endurable. But THIS?! NOooooO. Just no. To make it worse, I absolutely cheered for none of them. Everyone was just completely dull. And (for the third time, maybe) Belly's whiny narration didn't help.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's extremely frustrating.)