The second book in the 'Summer I Turned Pretty' trilogy is a
good continuation from the first novel in the series. Though a long time has
passed in between the novels, they flow together as if in continuation. This
means that many events are told in the form of flashbacks, but this helps the
novel by adding a layer of drama that the reader cannot fully understand until
everything has been revealed later on. This book takes us back to the sweet and
carefree summer house that we knew in the first book, but everything has
changed around the characters and it was interesting to read about how they
tried to overcome their struggles which seemed a million miles away from what
we would've thought they would have had to deal with in the first instalment of
this series. In this book we start to see more depth to the characters we were
introduced to in the first book and the development of each individual can
clearly be seen throughout. Overall, this is a fairly light summer read that I
believe many young teens would enjoy. However, it seemed at certain points that
the love triangle was far too forced and predictable.
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A poor end to a series that had the potential to be a lot
better than it was. For the main part of the novel, the plot ran dry with the
characters continuing with the same mediocre activities in a failed attempt to
keep the reader interested. At the beginning of the book, Belly's life seemed
to be far too perfect and the only way to fix that in the writer's mind was
ruining the trust in her romantic relationship. I started to lose interest in
what the eventual outcome would be, but thankfully this book had two saviours
which enabled me to give it a not too bad
three star rating. The first was the comedy provided by Taylor; I actually
laughed out loud at some points because of her. The second was the ending of
the book. It seemed to be much more apt and less ridiculous than the main
storyline in the book and I actually would have been happier as a reader if the
last few pages of the book were made into the whole book. Overall, I'm
disappointed. This book could have been so much better.
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