the summer i turned pretty according to the books 

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I HATE when authors make a love interest do something awful so the main character never really has to make a choice.

In the first two books Jeremiah always seemed better than Conrad, and I felt like in the last book they made Jeremiah look worse just so Conrad would seem like a better choice in comparison. I was sad that they basically ruined Jeremiah’s character in the process. Overall I love the books but I wish they had gotten to the ending in a different way!

Justice for our man Cam Cameron. He deserved better

I also liked taylor and belly’s friendship better in the show because belly wasn’t annoyed with taylor the whole time. It felt more genuine and taylor was more supportive of belly instead of just shooting her down. They had their issues and arguments, but once they communicated, they were able to be friends again. I didn’t get this in the books.

Jere was 100% the best option until Jenny Han had to make him bad/ irredeemable so Belly could be with Conrad SMH

i thought Conrad was SO much meaner in the books; the show is redeeming his character and making him more sympathetic to the audience

not only did the books completely ruin jeremiah by making him a nasty cheating frat boy, but they totally skip over the two years that he and belly were together, so the readers don’t have time to get emotionally attached to their relationship 😐😐😐

THIS IS EXACTLY IT! Like Jeremiah was so written out of character in the third book! I'm like HOW DARE you do my boy Jere like this?!?!?!!?!?!? It really felt like exactly what you said- Belly was always gonna go to Conrad, but Jenny Han didn't have to hurt my boy like this? Aboslutey excellent video!! Loved it

not ONLY did they ruin jeremiah by what he did in cabo, but they threw in random tidbits that made him seem like a terrible character LOL like when him and belly went to look at apartments by campus and it was revealed that he has terrible credit 😭😭😭 like what was the reason

Book 1: i would do anything for jeremiah Book 2: conrad is my fav boy and jeremiah acting weird Book 3: jeremiah's character is totally ruined and now conrad feels like the only choice

I liked the show more than the books. The books make the characters unlikeable, in my opinion and I felt that they made Jeremiah a jerk just to make conner look better in the third book and how Conrad and Belly finally got together felt so stupid in my opinion. The show made me a huge Jelly shipper and I do feel bad for Cam in the books and show. Justice for Cam.

It’s the fact they didn’t keep shayla in the second season but they kept cam but like shayla my favorite character they should’ve kept her in the second season. I’m gonna miss not seeing her smile in the second season with belly brother.

when you said “im not a conrad stan, im a jeremiah defender” i screamed!!!! i have been saying this for so long!! third book is soooo ooc for jere i cant read it anymore.

I feel so validated reading that people agree that Jeremiah was completely changed on the last book to make belly only have one option, I really enjoyed jeremiah´s and belly´s friendship through the books and the fact that something out of character on the last book ruined it made me so pissed. I do enjoy the series more! It improved everything about the books.

I think the fact that Jenny went through with the whole wedding plot is bonkers. Like I’m down with everything until that point 😂 I think it should have been (and how I hope they go through with in the show) is Jeremiah proposes and Belly realizes how wild and wack that is, breaks up with him, and then slowly reconnects with Conrad, both as adults, and have their happy ending from there.

I love belly but that was wild of her to wear the necklace when conrad didn’t even give it to her

Watching these videos where YA romance/drama books be recapped feels exactly like listening to ans gossiping with your friends about drama none of you are involved in and I love it

Yes, I was hoping that you would do a Books vs Show comparison, and you didn't disappoint! I adored this franchise as a preteen, and still adore it to this very day.

Oh hell nah. Thank you for reading the books so I didn't have to. All Bonrad shippers have been saying "read the books", "read the book and you'll understand" every time someone says that they ship Jelly. I'm still Team Jelly. Why? Because it's clear that Jenny just sabotaged Jeremiah's character simply bc she wanted a way to justify Bonrad getting back together despite all of their mess. I swear to god, if they make show Jeremiah cheat and have this whole ridiculous wedding plot I will stop watching the show. I'm not putting up with that madness. If Jenny wants Bonrad to be endgame in the show, she'll have to come up with something more logical.

i’m kinda worried about the fact that they made Jeremiah bisexual in the show cus if they follow the books then it’s just gonna reinforce the biphobic stereotype that bi people are cheaters and are never satisfied and that makes me v angry. I hope that doesn’t happen but it prob will

Jeremiah was made bi in the show which is kind of a worse decision because now he's going to represent a bad trope for bi people that they can't be trusted/promiscuous. Let's see how this turns out ☕

it's so sad how painfully obvious it is that jenny han had to resort to making jer do something so so beyond out of character and horrible so that conrad is made the final choice. also the way that belly is written as a horrible person and we're supposed to like her? weird

it's really weird but i kinda like the changes they made on the show... Hope they decide to not ruin Jeremiah with this cheating thing, just to gives Belly a reason to not choose him. Thanks for this, now i don't have to waste my time reading this shit! 💘

I haven’t read the books and only watched the show, but it seems from your outline of the books, that the show runners are definitely fleshing out the framework in a very significant way and I really like how it’s written. It seems that the writers aren’t afraid to make changes to the original to make a stronger, more fleshed out cohesive story. I’m hoping that if this is the case then they will take similar liberties to the other seasons and am actually hoping they change the narrative as the original books sound a little sloppy :/

in the last book, Jere just didn't seem like how he was before. You could argue that it had been like 2 years but still then, we didn't see him grow as a person. It was so clear in the first two books that Jere would genuinely never hurt Belly like Conrad would- his whole character changed from somebody who wanted to communicate and be there for his family, someone whose feeling were always pushed to the side, to a frat boy who likes to party with the boys and cared less about what Belly wanted. I agree that he shouldn't have hooked up with anyone but given his whole character, despite it being out of place for Jere, I could sort of see it. His feelings were never validated and the person, your best friend, your love, who validates you pulls away. He was insecure and it just happened. It doesn't excuse it but it explains it. Plus, they were broken up. I really do hope they change season 3 drastically because I truly do believe Jere was and is the better option. I mean, even on their wedding day he backed out because he knew he would never be conrad, once again pushing aside his feelings for everyone else. Let the book be conrad but the show be Jere.

I’m team Conrad but I GENUINELY do not understand how people love him in the books? 😭 he was so mean and even though he was going through stuff in the books Jeremiah knew everything including the cancer so Conrad was not carrying the burden by himself in the books yet still acted out.

I think this is the only case in which the show is better than the books. I was very disappointed by the third book in particular, and…I’m team Conrad. I think jeremiah was completely out of character in the last book and even if I’m team Conrad for belly, i was very disappointed by the way Jeremiah was portraied because i really liked his character, and i don’t think he is the kind of guy that cheats over his girlfriend…it would make so much sense if their breakup was explained in a different way, without ruining one of the main characters…And all this wedding thing was so crazy and out of the world. And the fact that belly and conrad barely talked once or twice in the whole book and then suddenly they got married at the very last page…there was lack of romance and good dialogues…i hope the third season to be better

I have never read the book or watch the show but honestly i still am gonna watch it

"conrad lowkey sucks" is the key takeaway from this video HAHAHAHA

I agree. Conrad sucks! God I hated his personality. Everytime he talked or did something in the books I was so annoyed, like STFU...STOP. I think it's pretty obvious that I'm infinity% team Jeremiah... I adore Jeremiah (in the book and in the series). Hope the series deviates from the book and Belly stays with Jeremiah and Conrad dies🤞

How could you be engaged to one brother and marry the other, I’d be so weirded out also the poor kids/nieces and nephew when they hear that story 💀🤣

Jeremiah has only ever truly cared about Belly and want she wants and what makes her happy For me he is the one who genuinely noticed and cared for her, unlike Conrad who always told her to grow up as though he was taking his own advice

Just finished the second book and about to start reading the third. I really want to see how they do season 2 because Belly and Jere weren't a thing UNTIL the 2nd book. So, I wanna see how they handle that.

Jeremiah “cheating” is a great example of character assassination 💀

I do wish that 1, Jeremiah hadn’t gotten with that girl, and 2, Conrad like didn’t exist or smth

I wish the books had ended with Belly in Europe and her whole future ahead instead of the flash forward to the Belly and Conrad wedding…

8:45 THANK YOU!! The amount of times she sticks her tongue out at people. Like she’s acting likes she’s 9

jenny tried so hard to make conrad seem like the better choice in the third book-

Hopefully in the show they will make belly make a fair choice without making jeremiah "cheat" which is completely out of character.

the whole premise of pitting two brothers again and again for some girl YES some girl feels totally WRONG VERY VERY WRONG. I don't think the author knows what a bond between brothers is, its laying their own life for each other. No brothers would let any girl get between them to this extent. Blood brothers dont let their own cousins or families between them and this is just some girl.

Belly getting slapped in the second season was so rewarding

So the show is INSPIRED by the book, not BASED on it 🫠? Also, I’m a Jeremiah Stan so I hope Conrad isn’t endgame.

I adore Jere and somehow even more in the show. Gavin is exactly how I imagined him, I mean I didn’t have a set appearance but his personality is perfect. Golden retriever boyfriend I love it. I’m always a sucker for when actors have chemistry like that. Their scenes were the best, that pool scene still has me screaming. AND THE CAR OMG THE CAR KICKING MY FEET AND SHIT. I always liked Jere in the books but I love him in the show. The way he looks at her, his smile, HIS EYES. I hate when ppl make the argument that Jere only wants Belly bc he wants what Conrad has like ppl are you guys blind? Jeremiah has loved Belly for years but he knew the feelings she had for his brother and that in his own weird way Conrad has his own for her. Like cmon guys, ty for this team Jere love rant

i love jeremiah but there is NO redeemable factor for a cheater i am sorry. it is so out of character, sure, but we shouldnt make that a reason to justify him actually cheating... and then proposing as an apology for cheating THEN talk about said cheating with his friends while DRUNK

so here we’re my thoughts on the characters throughout the entire book series 1. Belly- hated her, she’s immature and indecisive Conrad- douche jeremiah- ahahahahahah love him taylor- no. just no. 2. Belly- hated her, she’s immature and indecisive conrad- liked him after i found out he was trying to save the house and felt bad for him jeremiah- i loved his pov and him taylor- she wanted what was best for belly and belly was an awful friend 3. Belly- i hated her, she was immature and indecisive Conrad- I LOVE HIM HE JUST NEEDED SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WANTED IN THE FIRST TWO BOOKS. plus the only reason he had given up on belly was cause of his moms dying wish for him to look out for his brother jeremiah- dude wtf you aren’t ready to get married you daddy’s boy taylor- BEST BOOK FRIEND EVER

I read all 3 books before the series ever came out and after reading the first book, I remember being super confused at the start of the second book (because I was team Conrad then) so I skim read that and the third book. And while I always knew Conrad and Belly were endgame, I was so surprised that they didn’t get together/married until the last 4 pages!

Now listen- I’m a Conrad girly through and through but I do agree that in the third book, Jeremiah seemed to have completely changed. His actions seemed out of character in a sense. This could’ve been from just growing up or maybe those were his true colors but I don’t know it did seem strange. And I agree that Conrad made some very dumb choices and was flaky and selfish at times but weren’t they all? ESPECIALLY Belly playing three boys in one summer. Also Conrad was dealing with stuff that his dad was doing and Susannah’s cancer. Not that it’s an excuse for him to be a douche but he did have a lot on his mind. I think he might’ve been trying to deny his feelings for Belly in a way too because he wanted her and his brother to be happy- or he didn’t want to screw up the dynamic they already had? Which is why he kept making the “she is a kid” comments. But overall I’m glad they all ended up happy and Conrad and Belly are together. ♾️

to be fair, the book was written at a time when a guy bullying a girl was still seen as the guy liking her in his weird boyish way, and i think jenny sees the flaws in her books and has stepped up to make all the changes she's thought necessary, which is why i actually prefer the show over the books (which is def not common with adaptations) and i'm just hoping she continues to make wise plot changes in the following seasons

So true, I really don’t like when people say they’re like my sister/brother … it’s just… no, how about no lol Also, so true, it makes me sad to see they had to make jere do such a messed up thing, didn’t seem like his personality

I feel like the princess diaries book series would make a great recap video as those books are so unhinged

Marriage being a solution sounds crazy but the crazy thing is, my best friend IRL did this same exact thing. He cheated on his girlfriend while deployed, confessed, then he proposed. SHE SAID YES. I mean what. the. HELL. Anyway, love the series 😂 Can’t wait for Chap 2 ❤️

I’m seeing this after watching the entirety of the second season. I feel like based on this, the second season was closer to the books than the first season but boy do I hope they have more than 3 seasons and I hope the third season is very different from the books

Jere was the better love interest but she had him cheat?? Just so belly and Conrad could get together.

I read the books about 10 years ago and I knew I didn't remember the whole debutante ball thing and Taylor stuff. To be honest I barely remember anything from the books (I didn't even remember Steven) but that part just felt so unfamiliar when watching the show. Also I for some reason going into the show I thought Jeremiah was the older one not Conrad. I do however remember always being team Jeremiah. Now a days I'm team no dating a pair of brothers. Edit: omg wow just finished the video I really didn't remember anything past the first book so dramatic and crazy. Thanks for summarizing!

Her choice being Conrad and her eyes only being for Conrad is very disappointing and feels like it’s romanticizing hard settling for someone who doesn’t deserve you. I would have chosen neither after the wedding planning of Jeremiah and Belly. Neither relationship will be healthy and fuck it, I would believe in love striking once more because plenty of people find a second solid and happy love they feel is equal to the first real strong one. Now if I had no choice but to choose between the two, it would be Jeremiah, but on the condition they had given it a nice long break, and grew up some more. All of them were very immature and I’m sorry but if Communication is a weak to non existent pillar in any love relationship, it will never work in the long run and divorce will be inevitable. It may be a year it may be 15, but eventually the one who gets shut out all the time and put on the back burner gets so sick of it, it creates resentment. I would rather a partner who communicates their needs, likes and hurts like Jeremiah even if it hits childish and salty notes hopefully much more rarely after given time, at least he is keeping the communication pillar strong. Immaturity gets grown out of eventually especially when you have examples surrounding you to help you grow out of it, communication issues on the other hand needs yers and yrs of therapy and even then it’s a low success rate with couples that have such horrible issues as Conrad and Belly. Its like a choice between divorce in 20 yrs as friends with some kids that are mostly grown up and co-parenting but he’s always showing up for you and the kids, or divorce in 5-15 with a shitty custody battle due to resentment and sucking at communicating while he’s still being flaky af with you and the kids. Again though, I’d rather say fuck it and move on from the boys and just keep it as friends and find someone who is there for me and accepts me for me like Jeremiah but makes the heart pound like Conrad. No compromises on a good for me kind of love man. As so many people who have had a divorce give as advice man, just being in love is never enough in the long run. Sorry for the long ass essay, just my thoughts.

Anyways I love the show characters WAY more they’re better, like belly is so mean in the book, jere went from golden retriever to golden retriever frat boy, and Conrad was Conrad

Omg finally I was hoping you were going to do this! This is probably one of my favorite shows and I've been meaning to get the books to read them! Thank you

I am NOT AT ALL TEAM Conrad & I actually HATE Belly's obsession with him & how(in the show) she's so happy around Jeremy but as soon as Conrad shows her the slightest attention she jst forgets Jer & falls back in that stupid cycle with Conrad. I honestly PRAY 🙏🏻🙏🏻 that she ends up wit Jeremy for reals (i feel like I'ma be disappointed but I'll keep hope alive for the change in the show/adaptation) & comes to realize Conrad isn't good for her & I wish she would seriously get over him. And... How messy is she to toss brothers back N forth 😩😫 smh. #teamJelly all the way🍇

SLAY AMANDA GET THAT BAG

Guys I get it that people are mad about Jeremiah’s character in the last book but can we talk about Conrad?? Like the guy was willing to STEAL his whole brother’s fiancé the weekend before their WEDDING without any regard to how Jeremiah would be affected by this. Heck he didn’t even care how Belly would be affected by this by putting her in an awkward position like that. He was completely selfish and only cared about himself and what he wanted instead of holding back and returning the same respect that was given to him by Jeremiah for years. Plus, if you ask me Jeremiah’s only flaw in the third book was that he was immature. Belly was emotionally cheating on him with Conrad and Conrad was willing to break up their engagement and wedding of his own brother.

YES FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. I HATE HATE HATE THE WAY CONRAD ALWAYS CALLS HER A KID BUT THEN HE ALSO KISSES HER AT THE END OF THE BOOK SO LIKE WHATTTT

12:26 I haaaaaate it in books/TV shows when parents slap their kids and then all is forgiven, if my mom slapped me I would not get over it lol

i’m not sure if you’ve read any books from The Cupcake Diaries series by Coco Simon, but i would die for a video about it from you 😍 it was and still is one of my favourites 🧁

I loved the way you summed up all the drama of this saga, it was very entertaining. and although i'm team conrad,i agree that the author should have thought of another way to reunite conrad and belly, more natural and not so forced with jeremahia's infidelity.

The issues with Belly's( Isabel Susannah Conklin) personality in the books vs. The T.V. series is that certain plot lines were altered/changed completely. Like Taylor going off on Belly in the show about being self-absorbed felt wrong cause it was season 1 and Belly hadn't done any of that yet and so far all Belly has done was try to find herself and be independent of Taylor while having other female friends! But book Belly would have deserved Taylor going off on her with how Belly reacts to Taylor kissing Steven in the books! Also making Belly break up with Conrad in the show when in the books he dumps her instead. Makes Jeremiah's monologue about Show!Conrad being a "coward" seem pointless as he didn't actually drop Belly like Book! Conrad did. There are certain kinds of dialogue in the show that felt directed at the book characters, but these characters were altered for the show so it doesn't hit the same.

I watched like two or three episodes of the show. I'm not a big romance fan and I don't really like love (tri)angle. But I was ready to give it a try because To All The Boys was not that bad. Plus, the music in the show is so good! But Belly was SO ANNOYING, I didn't liked Conrad nor Jeremiah... The whole "she's like a little sister to me" was said so much at the beginning, and I'm like "yeah no, don't say that". Maybe you will talk about that, because I'm still at the beginning but yeah, I couldn't finished the show...

My overall opinion on the characters were Conrad - needed to learn how to convey his feelings better because all he did was string belly along and then drop her when things got hard Jeremiah- he was fun but DEF was a lil to immature for me,and poor anger management was definitely something I noticed about him(side note,to me at least cheating is definitely something he would do) Belly - she got better in the third book but the first two books my only feelings about about her was she was a major d-rider and she dtm.She was just overall embarrassing…like girl we’re rooting for u,stop🤦🏾‍♀️ Taylor - like belly she got better in the third book but the first two books she was a terrible friend and basically wanted belly to be her mini In the end to me the books and the show are to different to compare but personally I like the show better because it makes the character more like able,also it seems like more is going on,and one more REALLY big thing…JUSTICE FOR CAM CAMERON

I'm sorry but Jenny Hann clearly didn't like Jeremiah even though he was clearly the right choice so what did she do? she writes a cheating scene that makes no sense for the character.

omg fr that villainization of the second lead sucks, another example being jacob physically assaulting bella in eclipse like why do authors do this when its abundantly clear who the real LI is???

Naming the town Cousins is the worst choice ever because even with disclaimers I'll never not second guess what I'm hearing

Wow, I never read the books but I am pretty sure I would have DNf'ed it at that wedding plot point. I hate these type of ludicrous plots authors only make up for drama's sake, they never make sense from the character's perspective!

i feel for those who actually paid for these books because they are so bad and boring compared to the show

I just read the last book a few weeks back and I've never been more furious reading something, if I could had gave given it 0 of 5 stars in good read I would had. It pissed me off so much, I'm still bitter about it

I don't get why everyone in the book/show makes it seem like Belly only ever had two choices. Like, Belly, girlfriend there's more than two men in the entire world. I know if I had a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad, sorry to the fisher boys but I'd rather just be alone.

I temper my bestie being obsessed with the books and she would not stop going on about how weirdly out of character Jeremiah was written in book 3, and I was just like dude I didn’t read any of the bookssss, but it seems like she was no alone in her opinion

the fact the show went out of their way to add the skinny dipping scene grosses me out...

They better not fuck up my boy Jere like they did in the third book It's like Jenny just wanted him to look bad so that Conrad would become the obvious choice for the fans and the main character(which Team Conrad >>>) Also,they skipped the two years they were together I don't like it when they change shit up in adaptions but I hope Jenny knows that she fucked up with the last book and changes it up a little

Yeahh I completely agree with you like things with jere are far more exaggerated than it could've been...

“these silly silly brothers” that sums up the entire series

Man, I completely agree with you like if Conrad doesn't want to make a move first then what's the point how can he assume that always belly or someone else will find out it's so absurd. I love belly and jere like he's always been open about his feelings for belly and that counts a hell alott!!

I speed read through the books while waiting for season 2 to finish and my thoughts are this: The show is much better. The characters feel more complex, developed, and are just generally better. Conrad is better, Jeremiah is better, Laurel is better and so on. I felt the book characters seemed flat and one dimensional and the filming of the show really shows the complexity of their emotions and subsequent actions (i.e. Conrad ). I hope season 3 goes in a different direction than the books honestly because it was just a wild ride that made no sense.

They had broken up. I don't understand where this "cheating" thing comes from!! God... This fandom sounds like my crazy ex who thinks I should just cry over him instead of living my life. It doesn't matter if it was a week or 2 years, if you break up with someone you set them FREE and they will definitely do things you don't do when you're in a relationship, like taking advantage of that freedom and hooking up with the person who gives you an opening now that you're single. Because guess what? You single! ESPECIALLY if you are young. Who has the maturity to handle things the right way? When I was 18 I hooked up with people and drank when I got out of a relationship. There's no right way to deal with the end of a relationship! It's your ex! Why would you care about the feelings of a person who is NOT your bunisess anymore? Especially if it was ugly like that... God, the things Belly said and thought! Fuck that girl. She's the legit crazy ex-girlfriend. Like, can you really blame Jer? She said he has an "inferiority complex" probably because that bitch kept comparing the brothers inside her head. It's kind of obvious and I think it was obvious to Jer too

I mean Jeremiah's cheating in the third book made readers dislike him but it obviously didn't make Belly dislike him because she still wanted to marry him so he didn't ACTUALLY do something that made him the second choice to her. It was always going to be Conrad no matter what.

I'm just PRAYING that the prom night is still a big thing in season 2. haven't seen anything from it yet in the trailers. given that we got the debutant ball in season 1, I'm worried :|

the show was better than the first book tbh 😂

jenny han must be high

The author basically ruined the caracther (Jeremiah) so that Belly could end up with Conrad. I love Conrad but I really liked Jelly and ofc Jeremiah. :C

omg thank u for mentioning the sticking the tongue out it bothered me sooooo much in the book. anyways team conrad tho I luv jeremiah but not for belly kk love the vid

Wow, It sounds likes it really sucks. Thank you now I know I'm not reading it

Can u do the summer I turned pretty books in Jeremiah’s perspective? Pls like this so she can see this 😊

I'm a Conrad fan, only because he's her first love❤. I was really mad that "Belly" choose Jer over Conrad again. I mean I get why she did it but. It's a book, And the author was trying to make it realistic. And to be fair Conrad did her hurt her. But they Jer and belly didn't feel like they had a lot of chemistry even when they liked each other. And another thing, Jer was the the first one told about his feelings both times. And she just went a long for the ride like no one else could ever like her. And I didn't know about about you but I fault chemistry cam Cameron and jer. Then belly and jer. And I know cam and Skylar are a thing. I'm just glad Conrad and belly get back to better. That makes me feel better. I need a season three to see that. 😢😢😢

Conrad is mean

I’m team neither , but I don’t think a lot of people would like that ending so I guess I’m team original crush.. Conrad 😅

the character switch in book three was so unneeded for jere, Jenny Han couldn’t come something so different. Hopefully the series is different

I have never read these books or watched the show. But oof, after watching this video I’m questioning a lot of the choices made by certain characters. Like they really are something else whenever a love triangle’s involved 😂

The person who wrote The Summer I Turned Pretty also wrote To All The Boys I've Loved Before and in the books Peter is a huge Asshole, but they soften him up for the movie version lol. So similar issues in both series occurred actually.

Me watching you explain what happens in book 2 after seeing season 2 and it’s pretty accurate But book 3 ?? Married aren’t they like 17 ?? I don’t understand 🤯

I have the quote that belly says in her head in the 2 book saved on my phone because I was so proud of her like girl... Conrad is not it🙄 BTW love your video's 🤍🩵💙

amanda i'm actually concerned how you keep covering the stuff i'm reading while i'm reading them