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The Summer I Turned Pretty: A Collection Of Our Most Unhinged Thoughts

Lian Brooks, Senior Audience Development Manager

“If we’re being really honest with ourselves, Belly’s ultimate goal is to take over from Susannah as the lady of that dreamy beach house.

“I can’t honestly blame her because it’s an incredibly nice house, but the entitlement she seems to have for this place is dripping in much of her dialogue throughout the series. After days of shamelessly flirting with Conrad and him finally professing his undying love for her, she tells him, “I want you to leave. I want you to make up one of your bullshit excuses. And I want you to go – to Boston, to California. I don’t even care where, just get out of here.”

“Er scuse you, Belly? You’re telling him to leave his house? The Fisher boys are simply a means to an end, which is why she insists on keeping the vibes going with both of them at all times.”

The Summer I Turned Pretty A Collection Of Our Most Unhinged Thoughts

ERIKA DOSS

“Also, Staylor should be the main event in TSITP, and you can’t convince me otherwise. While Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah all do a stand-up job demonstrating how to be emotionally unavailable, through the series, we get to watch genuine growth from both Taylor and Steven. Each is tasked with cleaning up one half of the Belly x Fisher boy drama, and I’d argue that, despite being caught in the middle of this clusterfuck, they do an impeccable job of being there for the people around them.

“While the TSITP community seem to think she got too much screen time this season, honestly, I’m here for the growth – it’s a lot more than our protagonist can say. Sadly, going to Paris doesn’t necessarily equal character development.”

Charley Ross, Glamour contributor

“It’s utterly bonkers the way Belly thinks being involved with two brothers is in any way appropriate, and she should never have got to this point by series three! The crux of why we love it/are drawn to it is nostalgia, I think – at least for millennials.

“Personally, I am not rooting for either brother; they both need some serious therapy, BUT I can’t stop watching it.”

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Writers at Lord’s Press come from a range of professional backgrounds, including history, diplomacy, heraldry, and public administration. Many publish anonymously or under initials—a practice that reflects the publication’s long-standing emphasis on discretion and editorial objectivity. While they bring expertise in European nobility, protocol, and archival research, their role is not to opine, but to document. Their focus remains on accuracy, historical integrity, and the preservation of events and individuals whose significance might otherwise go unrecorded.

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