'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Is 'Dawson's Creek' For The 2020s

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English - August 21, 2023 12:15 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 80 ratings
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I have a love-hate relationship with “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” Jenny Han’s 2009-2011 trilogy turned Prime Video hit show. There were so many things I adored about the first season: the idyllic setting of (fake) Cousins Beach, the adult friendship between Belly’s mother, Laurel, and her college bestie Susannah Fisher, the Taylor Swift-heavy soundtrac…