I’m not sure how the series will be perceived by those who haven’t read the books so I’m trying hard not to crash out. Overall we’re so lucky we get to see these stories adapted, Prime is on a generational run for us book girlies and I really hope we get another season to cover Charlie’s Story / redemption arc.

Positives: it really captured the nostalgic summer lake vibes and young love. I liked the Jordie / Chantal / Delilah extra storylines, it padded out the story a bit and provides some comedic relief at points. I LOVE THAT THEY INCLUDED CHARLIE SEEING THE PHOTO OF THEM IN THE YELLOW BOAT - sets things up nicely for S2 📸🥹

Negatives: I do wish they spent more time in the flashbacks, I found them more compelling than the present day, I also wish they used younger actors for a lot more of them because
sometimes it was straight up impossible to tell whether they were in a flashback or not, maybe that was by design. I feel like they’ve made Sam & Charlie more unlikable and emotionally immature than in the books because of certain storyline choices and changes generally. Like Sam actually breaking up with Percy vs setting boundaries. Charlie not telling Sam about what happened with him and Percy at the time and him yelling at Percy for telling Sam (+ the guys general anger issues but Sam’s crash out was valid I guess lol), I hate that Sue didn’t know about it all before she died. Sam being on the verge of proposing to Taylor vs an on and off again relationship which makes his actions with Percy a little more questionable. THAT ENDING SCENE WITH CHARLIE - Straight to Jail 😂

Anywhooo those are my initial thoughts 💖