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Review: It's Not Summer Without You

It's Not Summer Without You It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

*EDIT* I kept spelling Han's name with an "h"... Good job Lizbird.

Oh my god this freaking series, what it does to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so right off the bat this book was unsettling. I usually don't read books that right from the get-go everyone is depressed and everything is depressing. It wasn't really compelling me to read. The same thing happened with this book as the last book: I sporadically read here and there, got around the middle, then just finished it all in one night.

These characters man!!! They're so... ugh!
Belly! You asshole!
Con! You ASSHOLE!
Jere! I don't even know, Jere.
Laure! I never doubted you! Keep being awesome!
Tay! Holy man you put up with so much of Belly's shit, you just do you girl!

I feel like these are books that need to be read in as few sittings as possible because I notice that that's when I get the most enjoyment out of them. Either that or they just always start out kind of... bad.

I'm all over the place right now. This book... I feel like Jenny Han is violating me. Twisting and controlling my emotions like this is not acceptable!!!!!!!!! All the exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That ending... aaaaaaaaaggg. Curse you Han!!!

Now for some somewhat more put together thoughts on the romance. So this is a love triangle, I think we can all agree on this. Jere vs. Con. Good vs. Evil. Happy vs. Moody as Hell. Annoying vs. Annoying. As I said in my previous review, I predict that the outcome will be the same as in the anime Peach Girl.

Spoilers for Peach Girl ahead!

I watched this anime in my peak weeaboo years, that is to say around grade five to six. Safe to say I don't remember much, but what I do remember is that it's about this girl who's friends with two boys. One that's nice, goofy, happy-go-lucky, and treats her well. The other one is more reserved, has some anger issues, and is not as nice. Guess who the girl likes!? The moody piece of shit, that's who! Guess which one actually likes her back!? The nice guy! But secretly the moody guy also likes the girl... DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO ANYONE!? So yeah sorry but Han totally ripped off Peach Girl.

In the end, after the girl endures a lot of abuse from the moody guy, dating him, breaking up with him, and angsty conversations, she finally gets together with the nice guy in the end. Basically the whole point of this is that I'm trying to tell you that I predict that in the end it's going to be BellyxJere.

What are my thoughts on this? I'm honestly... indifferent. I mean, not that I don't care about the characters, but I don't feel any different when I think about BellyxJere or BellyxConrad. I kind of just hate everyone. But at the same time I love everyone. It's #complicated.

Also, Peach Girl was a good show, go watch it.


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