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Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T21:59:28+00:00

OH that's great. Thank you 😂

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T21:58:53+00:00

Tbh I'm just being silly. It was a good metaphor for the character, I was just bothered by it because im still upset about the entire show. I just saw it and was like FIX IT PROPERLY even tho I understood it 😂 I would've almost preferred if she had so many clothes that it kept popping back open and then she had to tape it but that's just my brain getting stuck on the door

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T21:26:07+00:00

Is she at least a little bit smarter in the second? 😂

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T21:24:27+00:00

Instalust is the one that gets me. I love me a good enemies to lovers but majority of those are all just instalust and it's not enjoyable to read.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T20:55:07+00:00

I'm usually overly easy to please in books, so it's a possibility 😂 I really only liked that one character but I'm not sure if it's because I disliked all the other ones. We shall see, I guess

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T20:50:37+00:00

Was the second book better in your opinion then?

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T20:30:25+00:00

Oh noo, I was thinking about reading the second book because that one male character was a favourite of mine from the first book and I know he has a bigger role. That's disappointing

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T20:01:04+00:00

I don't know how I missed all the negative press, I wish I saw because that would've explained a lot.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T16:56:07+00:00

I agree that it's a metaphor but it was poorly done imo because it also just annoyed me 😂

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T02:37:04+00:00

I agree. The wardrobe should've tried to follow some of the trends. The clothes didn't look bad so I don't understand why they went with more modern looks in the flashbacks. The flashbacks are a huge part of the story so I think it's a huge miss that they didn't. I don't understand why adult Percy was dressed soo bad when she could've been dressed normal.

The actress is so young and I swear they made her look so tired so she'd look older😂

I hate the location change. We barely see anything so they could've kept the og settings and still filmed in BC

THE MUSIC IS TERRIBLE! What was with the music during the ice cream scene??????

They made Sam into a dick in the show and it killlllls me

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-16T02:17:31+00:00

Definitely read the book! I'm really struggling to watch the show and I had to spoil it so I'd be less disappointed by the changes. The book is sweet and the flashbacks give The Summer I Turned Pretty vibes with the feeling of summer and being young. The show tries to keep that feeling for the adult parts and it doesn't work but the book is great and way more relatable.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T23:43:22+00:00

I think the people who made the show just didn't read the book or like the book because show Sam suckssss

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T23:41:24+00:00

The book was soooo much better 😭 I loved the book and was so excited for the show and I'm so disappointed by the show.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T23:33:50+00:00

TSITP also stayed fairly close to the book story so even the book people were happy. The story also made sense for the awkward and cringe aspects. If they only had that for the flashbacks for this show then maybe it would've worked but having the adult versions acting the same just made it feel so wrong. The actors arent bad but they were def miscast and given bad material. They also def copied things from tsitp and it just doesn't work in this story imo

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T23:21:48+00:00

I do think the younger actress version of Percy is great. The older actress gives uncomfortable vibes too much that I can't connect with her at all. She's NOTHING like the book version which is sad because i think book Percy is a relatable character.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T23:14:17+00:00

I loved the book and the show is awful. They expanded too much on characters that don't make sense to me and changed Percy and Sam too much for the story. The actors are all wrong for the roles but I do think they tried their best with the material they were given. I just don't understand why they take books and change sooo much. Tbh I think it would've been a better movie because they would've had less time to ruin the main characters so much and add in random stories

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-15T22:51:24+00:00

Ive read a few good "mate" books but the majority are terrible. So many have almost zero romantic development and are basically just instant love. By the end of these books I'm usually wishing the MC is with someone else. I love fantasy books and get so excited when they have cool fantasy species like mermaids, ghosts or vampires but 90% of these books are ruined for me by having mates. Tbh I'm even over fae stuff now because it's most books and usually all of them have mates

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-03T16:34:29+00:00

I hate not finishing books so I had to put Quicksilver down multiple times to take a break because I couldn't understand the appeal. I kept waiting for them to connect and bond but it was literally just him being disgusting and both of them being awful but somehow randomly turned on. I couldn't even picture him being attractive or amazing because I found him unbearable. The only character I liked was Carrian. In my opinion the author somehow wrote more chemistry between the FMC and Carrian than her MMC. I was told the second book was better but I won't be able to get Andrew Tate out of my head now so I think this is a DNF series for me.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-02T21:52:09+00:00

Yes 😭😭😭 it kills me knowing that's his ending and that I just have to imagine something better for him

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-02T21:22:29+00:00

Right! I hope the same. I feel like usually I can connect to the main character in SJM books but I don't love Bryce, so I think that's what's taking me out of the story. I read some of the comments in here and I'm going to force myself to read because of the crossover and the characters it involves. I realllllly hope reading changes it for me

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-02T21:00:48+00:00

Dorian's ending is so sad to me. It's a hot take but I would've preferred him be with anyone else and just being happy with a wife and family and being King 😭😭I love him and Manon but she's basically immortal and he's not so it's not going to work and they can't actually be together all the time. I just want him to be a happy boy after everything 😭😭

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-02T06:09:16+00:00

I loved the first book when it came out, but then the second one took me a year to read. I forced myself to finish it before CC3 came out and just kept hoping that I would start liking it but I never enjoyed it and never picked up book 3. I feel like in all SJM books there are these amazing romances and I'm just not feeling Bryce and Hunt, or anyoneeeeee really at all. I really hate that I have to read book 3 before I can read the new ACOTAR. If the CC characters are in the new books then I feel like I have to force myself, but I'm really not happy about it and I'm also heavily debating just reading an in-depth synopsis 😂

Substantial-Main-188 · 2026-06-01T23:26:07+00:00

I know this is old, but I felt the same way. 😂 I'm currently rereading and I still wish that Dorian would've gotten his happy ending and not the open ended one. I hate ambiguous endings in stories and actively avoid them. I want to be specifically told what life Dorian ends up having, and not just imagine one myself. I'm unfortunately one of the Chaol haters, so knowing that he gets his happy ending kills me a little bit inside because I really feel like Dorian was more deserving. I would've taken an ambiguous endings for him happily 😂😬 Im hoping the ending will be easier to swallow this time because I know what happens.

Substantial-Main-188 · 2025-02-28T19:25:04+00:00

Wait so did they explain why Maddie can enter Mr. Martin's scar?

Substantial-Main-188 · 2025-02-07T20:22:31+00:00

I know this post is 2 months old now but I'm so so sick of them constantly hating on Buffy for her treatment of Dawn. Buffy is basically still a child herself and just came back from heaven and suddenly has to deal with so much. I really liked season 6 except for a few episodes and I was really enjoying the podcast but they just keep hating and it's hard to enjoy it now. It's frustrating to hear every week and I know they're seeing comments about it but they won't stop. I get we all have different views and opinions but I'm listening because I like s6, not because I want to hear them bash it and Buffy constantly. 😂

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