The Summer I Turned Into A MESS.

[@Croffle]

hi sorry for the editing mistake in the beginning! 0:21-6:38 Season 1 6:39 Season 2

[@MariaJoseRangelUwU]

The worst thing is that everyone was crazy for her here. Like Susannah wtf, this girl dated both your sons, broke their hearts, ruined their relationship… and girl, your sons are both fighting for a girl. But this woman doesn’t see a problem here, she adores Belly no matter what she does and she has no consequences for kissing both brothers and playing them like that. To me it’s astonishing how Susannah never got angry at Belly nor reprimanded her sons about the whole shit show.

[@violetlavi2207]

It’s extra icky because Susannah was basically pushing Belly to pick one of them, to be a Fisher. It’s also very clear which one she wanted Belly to pick (Conrad)

[@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241]

​@@violetlavi2207 It was like this in the book series too guys! Susannah REALLY wants Belly to date one of her sons!!!! She wants to have "my bestie and I both have kids who get married to each other so they make us bonded for life."

[@violetlavi2207]

@@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241 I’m aware it’s like that in the books, and although I understand the whole “my bestie and I have married kids” fantasy, it doesn’t change my criticism. It’s still icky to me that she pushes Belly to choose one of her boys instead of anyone else (and also that she so blatantly favors Conrad when doing so)…and it’s not like she and Laurel’s friendship would’ve been any lesser if their kids WEREN’T married

[@sahanaiyer6472]

I agree with a lot of the things you say, and I agree with the whole Conrad is a walking red flag! However, I think that the Taylor Swift songs were perfect for the scenes they were in. My friends and I were constantly commenting on how well selected and well integrated they were.

[@realestsienna]

meh, they were alr. but you can tell that’s it’s forced and only there so tiktok girlies can go crazy over the taylor swift songs and popular songs that are on the billboard charts lol

[@wendymendez9802]

no cause i hated conrad in season 1 and thought he was a red flag, but was surprised by how many people root for him 😭

[@RaggedyAndyStan]

I agree and then I notice those Bonrad stans would always use these lines when they're in an argument "Well According to the Books" "They are Infinity" "Wait until Jere does something bad in Season 3" It's like they're forcing us to choose and root for him

[@karishmamorris6862]

True that 😢

[@karishmamorris6862]

​@@RaggedyAndyStan FACTS LITERALLY 😂

[@Idallis8640]

I don’t think we should say Conrad is a red flag just because he got into a fight. Realistically all dudes have been in a fight atleast once in their life. My brother including. And he is wonderful to his girlfriend.

[@7xi_7xi88L]

@@Idallis8640 Conrad is not wonderful with belly🤣🤣

[@sumwhere08]

Team Cam after Belly gets therapy and learns communication skills. Idk why people like the idea of picking between brothers 🤢.

[@B.haileyx]

Cam was the most unproblematic person in the series…

[@violetsden]

Exactly. Besides the brothers are really not all that...

[@adry6986]

Yess finally someone on team cam. Im so sick of seeing people on team conrad and team jere. Obv they can have their own opinion but cam is the most green flag person tho

[@xyznightwing]

I was the only team cam in our group. He was so sweet and he actually had interests and was passionate, or at least he spoke about himself and you got to know him more than the others

[@Ventingisfree]

YES team cam!!

[@lleah576]

A thought: the brothers could have a conversation about the situation and their feelings and decide to prioritize their relationship to one another. Belly is not the only one responsible for her actions, the boys are too. What do you think?

[@Steph489]

How are other people responsible for her actions? They don’t control her that’s just such a copout.

[@lleah576]

@@Steph489 oh no I meant that the boys are also responsible for their actions, not belly's🙈 english is not my first language

[@Steph489]

@@lleah576 oh, OK it’s all good but yeah you’re right even though belly is still mad annoying though

[@gogoidowu-awe3622]

I’ve been saying this!!

[@lizcasazza8524]

It’s honestly weird how 2 brothers willingly went back to a girl that their sibling dated. I don’t see anyone talking about this. Like first Conrad dating Belly in season 1 knowing she had just kissed his brother and he was in love with her. He had to have a whole conversation with him about it so he would approve?? Maybe don’t date her? But okay, understandable if you’re really in love. But Jeremiah getting into a relationship with Belly at the end of S2 after she just got out of a full blown relationship with Conrad is just weird. That’s a whole ex girlfriend. This whole show got kind of gross by the end of S2 tbh and I haven’t even read the book which I’m sure ends even worse. I’ll still watch S3 tho lmfao.

[@illlegalmoney]

fr omg

[@doedee7973]

Yeah seriously, especially after she had sex with Conrad too. It has to be even weirder after that intimacy has happened

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

I think some people would call that Eskimo brothers... But like actually.

[@lizcasazza8524]

@@doedee7973 Right?? Like my jealousy could never I’m sorry 😭

[@ak-kt3gy]

Só Im not the only one who wants a laurel susannah spin off

[@sumysim3245]

Well, considering that she's not alive in the series anymore...how would that happen? Unless it's a prequel series talking about how they met and stuff like that, but it wouldn't be that interesting.

[@ak-kt3gy]

​@@sumysim3245 yeah I meant a prequel. i would really like to see a 4-5 episode limited or special season about how they met, susannah's outgoing personality while dealing with cancer and her with laurel. I think really seeing their connection would be sweet to see

[@melodysafo5437]

@@ak-kt3gya prequel would be good!

[@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241]

​@@ak-kt3gy I want young Susannah to be played by Ella Purnell, she looks like the giro version of Jeremiah. And it's said Jeremiah looks like their mom and Conrad looks like their dad! 💃 Also yeah I would ADORE a Prequel series about their mom's!!! There's a LOT going on with them!

[@silverpills1377]

The books were even worse.. the only reason they are regarded is because of nostalgia and we give them a pass bc they were written in 2009. I 100% agree with you that the turning pretty trope is the worst. It’s called puberty bro. I have braces and used to wear glasses and it actually make me feel weird that that is considered ugly.. like what? And then everybody is fighting over who loved her before she turned pretty? That phrase alone is weird. This show is unrealistic and I know it’s fiction but the whole premise of trying to find the one for you at 16 is so DUMB.

[@ceelene]

My schoolmates were lowkey obsessed with the book last year, and the Team Conrad vs Team Jeremiah thing. Felt like the tamer version of the second coming of Twilight lol

[@ariichan-07]

she just had bad style with choosing glasses. girl of course you wont look cool in mommy or frickin ski glasses

[@pettybee3860]

Atleast, we have Bayonetta. Makes me feel I can be a sexy glasses wearing mystical baddie

[@dencielee7904]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS ON TEAM CAM! Literally he's the only green flag in the show

[@jendowden]

Although I like Belly with Jeremiah, I personally think Belly should’ve ended up with Cam because the love triangle with two brothers is just weird and cliche. Cam seems like he’d be the best choice for her after she goes to therapy. Also, things between the brothers wouldn’t be so weird and they could all hang out without it being so awkward. If they still wanted to do a love triangle, it could be between Cam and Jeremiah so it wouldn’t be so weird.

[@vessg221]

Agreed. It’s just crazy how obsessed she is with the Fisher boys *cough cough* I mean, Conrad

[@bangtannies]

thank for spilling the truth abt conrad i have no idea how anyone liked him he was suxh a red flag his attitude was such a turn off for me since the beginning like???i see everywhere girls drooling over him and blaming belly all the time i know belly got her faults too but conrad??how is this guy not at fault? hes the most boring male lead ever too

[@amandafelix-amadi5334]

You can't put everything on Conrad. All three of them were messy.

[@gilmoregrinch]

in season 1 i thought jere was probs better for belly but in season 2, he got all jealous and why would he date belly if everyone knew she was so obsessed with conrad? that was his main red flag and most obvious but there are others

[@brigc7755]

I hate how much i like this show because of my god why are these two boys tripping over themselves for the self-absorbed trainwreck of a teen girl??? Conrad I can't even hate in the first season 'cause he just found out about his mom's cancer yata yata, anyways he was going through it. But belly??? she's insane for literally cheating on jeremiah with his BROTHER and then expecting him to be okay with it?? oh my god?? girl get a grip I beg.

[@silverpills1377]

This show romanticizes everything bro. Nobody is going to have their first kiss on a beach with Taylor swift playing. My friends first kiss was in the summer behind her neighbors house by a tree and we were all laughing. First kisses are a absolute joke.

[@rightsarentpolitical]

Agreed. I'm over 40 and I am racking my brain trying to even remember mine - and I do have memories from even further back, like elementary school age. We romanticize kids way too young, and then tell them to obsess over the weirdest things, while also covering everything in a purity culture veneer. It's really disturbing.

[@eggb1962]

yeah my first kiss was for winning a super smash bros game 💀 loading screen music in the background and everything lol

[@junnakashima4552]

@@eggb1962 that sounds awesome actually lol

[@ariichan-07]

mine was on a train INFRONT of my crushes dad. there was nothing romantic about it other than that we met first after 7 months of long distance relationship

[@grilledcheesus]

I get that, but I think we also need to remember that it’s a fictitious story. My first kiss was anticlimactic and with someone who I wish I never had it with, and I just don’t think it would make a good story for a book or tv show. I remember as a teen I daydreamed a lot of romantic situations and romanticized parts of my life, this hasn’t affected my adult self in any way, I think it’s okay to sometimes as long as it doesn’t reach the point of delusion. I think it’s okay to embellish and romanticize fictitious situations. It’s not the writers responsibility to make sure the readers don’t take it realistically, I think as media consumers we should go into the mindset with fiction that things are obviously going to be unrealistic and exaggerated. At some point we do need to take accountability with ourselves on how we process fiction and fake scenarios. At the end of the day a lot of fiction is there for entertainment and I think this show does the job. Honestly as a 28 year old who works 10 hours a day I love me a little bit of romanticism with tv shows, it’s fun and a good way to unwind. This also isn’t me saying that media can’t be criticized, I think it’s great to process things with a critical eye and form you own thoughts and opinions.

[@JosieBean.]

The show was giving wattpad.

[@to_ur_heart]

“Feeling a little too emo” I felt that 😭😭

[@Livelaughlove-su6jy]

Team anti belli 🔛🔝

[@melissaisloud7404]

Jeremiah is clearly the superior choice in both the show and the books.

[@javierlopez9789]

He cheats on her in the books

[@felisha209]

That was just the writer fucking up the character so she could choose Conrad

[@thiriatewint4617]

I read the book 1 first and y'all I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TOUCH THAT BACK AGAIN :) She's so self absorbed and way more self sabotage than in the movies. And when I watch the movie, did it cure the trauma of the book?? Hell no! Maybe I get a bit older and know stuffs that Belly is going through in the book but I WAS Disgusted jfdkfjdks

[@patriciuh]

I hateeeee bellys character

[@vessg221]

When I first heard the title of this book, I thought “I turned pretty” meant turning a bad summer into a good summer, therefore make it “pretty”….No. “Pretty” means “attractive to boys/puberty.” I can’t with how self-absorbed Belly is and the fact she was able to pull 3 boys and cause all this drama with boys who could totally pass as her cousins is ridiculous. Like, why are yall picking sides??? The only side we should be on is the one where Belly - and everyone besides Cam - should take the time for self-reflection! 💀 Also side note, I also don’t get the hype around THAT scene with Belly and Conrad…people really be hyping up a scene of two teenagers - one being a minor - having sex…please

[@ariichan-07]

i couldnot get into this show because who the f calls her daughter/bestfriend/friend Belly?? Belly!! It icked me so much i just couldnt continue it, thanks for the summary

[@Em-tj6rh]

Yeah, the name is pretty odd. I really thought it was like a nickname they gave her guess not 🫣

[@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241]

​@@Em-tj6rh It is her nickname! Her real name is Isabel!

[@sophietessier8998]

i just don't get the conrad, if i learned my mom had cancer, i would never be an asshole to my family nor my ill mother ? Maybe i'll be moddy, depresss act mean to my ignorant family, but i would talk it out with my mom. Let's say he doesn't open up and is overwhealmed. Okay but why taking it on the mom. This and the " you act so immature" really get under my skin. Because he isn't mature at all, yet act like he's the bigger persone. He hurt his girlfriend again and again and never take any blame, because poor conrad he's so broken and dark. while jeremia is always happy and goffy. So we can scream at him for being in the wrong because he's " so silly". This feel unfaire. Only belly can call them out but she does in the most slef center way so we never really get conrad self reflect and is forgiven just because. also this is something i found very sad for jeremia, because he play the funny one people never think he can be hurt or take things seriously. Yet he does, he feel so much but put a simly face to cover it because of this "role" of the happy friend. That sad, like he has no one to be his true self with and when he does she leave him the first chance she get after she told him "it's you, no one lef". Boy i would be angry if i was him. Anyways i'm team therarpy for all 3 and stop tearing the family appart.

[@Oh_my_starry]

Im not even joking, i was watching it with my friend and i asked when Bella was gonna have the glowup (the actor who plays her is gorgeous but nothijg had changed about her since the show started) and apparently it had already happened

[@pettybee3860]

Right. Like she's a pretty girl, but I was like.. she's average at best and these two boys are fighting over her😭her personality brings nothing to the table either because why are you so toxic

[@moonlightauras1]

When you get older, you look back at your life and realize that you were chasing after A LOT of Conrad's who couldn't have cared less about you.

[@bumblediosa2206]

Your video covered almost every issue I had with the show. Every. single. one. Thankyou. People are so blind these days.

[@vain147]

Belly everytime she does smth wrong and has to explain herself: "Sussanah died"

[@terrifictea]

Can we talk about how they are TEENAGERS you don’t know anything about love at that age, and your love life only really starts in your 20s maybe even 30s. I believe that belly should take to mature before jumping into this.

[@lleah576]

I also was waay more invested in laurel and susannah's story!

[@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241]

Laurel and Susannah have a great relationship in the books too!

[@frog_enthusiast05]

The books aren't the best thing ever, but my god, the characters are sooo annoying in the show😭 especially Belly, she's a major red flag like RUN JEREMIAH Honestly, Savannah and Laurel are the best in both the show and the books. Their relationship is so raw, so loving, it's so nice to see and I agree that a series focusing on Laurel would be so much more entertaining than romance being the main focus

[@obehiikhigbonoaremen1241]

EXACTLY

[@maayah-mariearthur7632]

this show is practically MADE for ts fans lmao the soundtrack makes perfect sense in my opinion

[@Molly-m1i]

just making sure yall know Belly is brat not Lola Tung

[@chetb_4560]

Yeah honestly throughout season 2 I was surprised by how little they were showing susannah and laurel or the effects of her passing on the boys and belly, like I know susannah unfairly expected belly to end up with either one of her sons but if belly's need to be with one of them stemmed from wanting to do it for susannah, she they should've shown more moments with her and susana while she was sick and also belly shouldn't be treated jere like a 2nd choice and hopping between him and conrad if she truly cared about their feelings. Also, I know young teenagers would get bored without the romantic drama aspect, but there is such a thing as balance, and especially after knowing susana for a whole season, I think a lot of viewers would still be invested in more moments with her and the greif that comes after. Also I still enjoyed the vibes of season 2 and kinda understood why they wanted to save the house but their plan was really immature and illogical looking back. Cam is def the best btw, but he and even jere are too good for belly. Still I dread the moment the show chooses conrad for belly bc 'it was always him' or smth.

[@liyahjoon4908]

I wanna say thank you for pointing out Conrad’s red flags because so many ppl are team him I just don’t get it. honestly she needs to go home and stay away from both them boys… and I heard those bts instrumentals in the background lol💜💜

[@juuviyosramyeonz]

"I'm sORRY" GIRL WILL YOU PLEASE-

[@twoheartsinharryshouse594]

so glad i’m not the only one frustrated with belly

[@GeorgiaAnne239]

Justice for Cam 👇🏻

[@rightsarentpolitical]

These are all excellent points, and I liked the alternate version you created that could have been. The messaging in this series (and apparently the books are worse) is problematic at best. All 3 of these poor kids and the moms need therapy.

[@ak-kt3gy]

The show could’ve been better and could’ve been an upgrade from the books and though I don’t have hope for season 3, I’ll just pray

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

I saw someone on tiktok rename the show, "the summer I turned into a bird" and it resignated with me

[@lornanyamah1265]

Am i the only who still ships cam and belly?

[@madukkkk14]

Belly was such a kid even in the books, she gets older but stays with the mind of a 10 years old🙄

[@Ventingisfree]

BELLY IS THE ISSUE LIKE!! It makes me so mad. & both of them are red flags idc. They both are red flags if you have to pick a girl over FAMILY! You are also the problem, two brothers fighting over A GIRL! Oh my gosh, yes I love Jeremiah he had every right to act the way he did. Jeremiah finding about his mother having cancer again sad, but I didn’t like how he kissed a guy at a party & continued to hit on someone he knew he had feelings for. & belly having dreams about Conrad digusting & underage drinking why?

[@chillindj_]

i ship no one but im just like seeing the there life is crazy to me

[@terranceorwhatever60]

I have never watched this bc im the demographic but also not at all idk but i have much to say from what i have seen. The reason belly or whatever didnt end up wit the cam guy is bc that woulda have been a poc relationship. The author has an obsession with woc x white man relationships. Same with why Laura Jean didnt end up with John Ambrose bc he was blk(he was white in the book but like come on that just proves my point further). But hey! There was Kitty who basically ended up with a korean man. But here is the catch she is born from a white man x woc relationship. Belly’s brother ends up with a white girl. I have no issue with interracial relationships where one of them is white but like its strange when nearly all of the main relationships in ur stories are interracial but with one white love interest it just starts to get weird. Another thing is how was belly mad that her friend got down and dirty with her brother and then turns around to play with two BROTHERS’ feelings. She caused fights between the too and everything just bc she couldnt make up her mind. Its just hypocritical🤕 Also that conrad guy needs brown contacts im shaking in my boots rn

[@realestsienna]

yeah, ngl the whole kicking shayla out to have her date taylor was very weird. why even evolve shayla at all.

[@daniellevolga9993]

Tbh she made me ashamed to be wasian. She needed to be grounded till college. 😂

[@ann_m1099]

I'm the biggest swiftie but even for me the music is so out of place

[@gametime1619]

Does anyone else hate watch this show?

[@lolmyaaa5613]

this is so real.

[@anthonylim151]

9:32 *insert anti-hero verse by Taylor Swift*

[@y2ktora73]

So nobody gon talk about how Jeremiah a red flag as well as Conrad ?

[@ameliekouma]

the title 😭

[@beckyweiss6072]

“Take off your glasses and you’re pretty” is such a 90s/early 2000s teen movie trope. As a millennial I love the teen movies I watched between the ages of 12-18, but that’s a trope I was never fond of and hoped had vanished off of the face of the earth.

[@SillyWilly12384]

I'm team٫ belly should stay single like this SMART lady said.

[@karenapasco4826]

I found Belly EXTREMELY annoying. Girl your mom's bestfriend is dying and you're ruining their family?????

[@Amb5678]

While she's experiencing this very stupid dilemma omg 🤣😭

[@madokakaname4775]

Yes! Cam Cameron is such a green flag, but he deserves better than selfish and immature Belly. Conrad is too edgy - I don't get why she is still so into him.

[@Ywalnycha]

Tbh this show has a good plot but it just wasn’t displayed as well as it could I agree in some parts on what u r saying but belly is just a teenage girl who is experiencing something’s. I feel like the best plot in this story was suzanna’s and laurel friendship and also Suzanna’s death. But I also kinda relate to belly I think sometimes love just drives us crazy. Ik belly is an irritating and naive character but I think she displays a lot of our teenage life for example friend fall off, love life, changing in teenager, cigar, school grades dropping, and family problems. And for the love interest Conrad: teenager who has many redflags but still has a depth in his personality we can see that when they dated they were so happy Jeremiah: sweet boy who was her best friend she didn’t look at him like that until he told her so that’s y she liked Conrad more Cam: he’s a good person and also sweet but he’s not meant for her and she didn’t rly like him more than a friend This shows that first relationship doesn’t mean it’s the last. But also for the house sometimes tbh u may not have experienced it to know how much it might mean to them like they lost there mother who they loved so much and its a place that means so much to her and also u can feel her all around i feel like if i was the boys at that moment i would’ve fought for the house too. Ps: this is just my opinion I don’t mean to offend anyone and I’m so sorry if it did

[@Ywalnycha]

And for Taylor I guess belly just felt like she always was in her shadow and maybe irritated her sometimes

[@randomgeekcrap]

The last part of part 1 with and your sister was so cute ❤

[@girlsforyeri]

stop im loving your videos so much 😭😭

[@icebreaker5303]

I mean objectively you’re probably right but I personally couldn’t care less about laurels mid life crisis (very sorry)

[@AnarciX]

she a total red flag for god's sake

[@chaestaverse]

tbh i just hate the show altogether both season s are as bad

[@leahcoyle295]

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC

[@ranasu9669]

I mean she's 16. I was worse

[@Molly-m1i]

lol same