The Summer I Turned Pretty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're cute books. Light and fluffy, but fun to watch with teens.

Thanks for heads up - have 15 DD and hard to find movies she likes …😀

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Anonymous wrote:I watched it and found every one of the characters completely loathsome (except for Cam, who was written off early on).

Op here.

I found Belly annoying. She started off cool and I had high hopes for her in the first episode where she gives Conrad grief for smoking weed. I thought she would be confident and cool. But she turned out to be boring, immature, and self-centered. No clue how she’s the heroine in a book series.

I also thought she wasn’t pretty or interesting enough for all the attention she received. Her friend was way more confident and interesting.

Her older brother was similarly insecure despite his false bravado. He seemed very shallow.

No clue why they felt compelled to have a bisexual character. The insertion of that scene seemed rather gratuitous and a big departure from the storyline/crush.

I liked the Asian mom. She was interesting. The white mom made me cry.

Conrad seemed genuine and interesting. He just seemed much older than Belly, and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why he liked her.

Does the book do a better job making Belly more interesting?

Ehhh, not really. She's a similar "type" to the girl in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before." I like them because they're smart and normal, but they make very immature choices. I find these books refreshing, though, after all the vampire and self-mutilation and anorexia books for teens.

[Anonymous]

Can’t get past the name to watch it.

[Anonymous]

I'm only on episode 2 but I like it. I have g/b twins that turn 16 in September and I feel like I'm watching them (and friends) on screen. It's weirding me out but in a good way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t get past the name to watch it.

Thanks to this thread I watched it. I found it very sweet, no real mean girls, the mom’s friendship is very moving and it did make me cry.
I was interested the entire time and the name does sort of go along with the story line.

[Anonymous]

I found a couple movies on Netflix with horny 18+ year olds humping like bunnies. I assume this doesn’t have that?

I can’t help it - I wish I was young again and constantly just wanting to tear each others clothes off. I miss that time of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found a couple movies on Netflix with horny 18+ year olds humping like bunnies. I assume this doesn’t have that?

I can’t help it - I wish I was young again and constantly just wanting to tear each others clothes off. I miss that time of life.

If you don’t count the mom, Laurel, having sex in a car in a later episode, and the other mom getting drunk in a bar and making out with a stranger. I would NOT watch this with a tween. There was no warning!

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Anonymous wrote:I read the title quickly and thought it was The Summer I Turned Petty. That would’ve been a better premise!

i would def watch that

+1 This is a great premise for a show.

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Anonymous wrote:I read the title quickly and thought it was The Summer I Turned Petty. That would’ve been a better premise!

i would def watch that

+1 This is a great premise for a show.

Definitely

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Anonymous wrote:No. It's a godawful title that sets us all back 70 years.

Oh god shut up

DP and no, you shut it. It's an awful title. Very off putting as SEVERAL PPs have noted.

Please grow up.

My wife is pretty difficult to offend and even she was like "That's a horrible title, are they trying to give girls body image issues?"

I'm sure it's a nuanced show and has empowering moments, but yeah.....terrible title.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It's a godawful title that sets us all back 70 years.

Oh god shut up

DP and no, you shut it. It's an awful title. Very off putting as SEVERAL PPs have noted.

Please grow up.

My wife is pretty difficult to offend and even she was like "That's a horrible title, are they trying to give girls body image issues?"

I'm sure it's a nuanced show and has empowering moments, but yeah.....terrible title.

It’s based a trilogy of books written by an Asian American female author.

The title relates to coming of age: going from the tween with glasses and braces to the teen that everyone notices. The storyline also features how it impacts her relationship with her Asian mom and older brother. Dad is pretty much invisible.

[Anonymous]

DD (14) really enjoyed and we are now watching it together. I think these shows can be good springboards for talking about dating and relationship issues, but I am finding this one more of a downer and unrealistic than some others. DD and I loved the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies and had so much fun watching them together.

[Anonymous]

I am watching it. Love that beach house!

Title doesn't bother me in the least. Fun, light summer teen series.

[Anonymous]

I watched it while traveling, it was good fluff for that. I do wish there were more teen shows that weren’t all pretty, excessively rich people. I also wish they made Jeremiah more substantive-the only thing he seemed to have going for him was his looks. They kept calling him Belly’s best friend, but they really didn’t give any indication that there was any depth to their relationship.

[Anonymous]

I finished it Monday-Wednesday this week.
I liked it.

Came here to discuss as soon as I finished. Guess I’ll jump into some of the other comments now.