“Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer–they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one terrible and wonderful summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.” Belly is this awkward teenager that I couldn't help relating to due to being around the same age. She can be a bit of a brat at times, but if you can get …show more content…
I started off reading this thinking it was going to be some silly love triangle because I didn't know if the importance Belly and everyone held for this place. I knew that I really wanted it to rub off on me and am all kinds of crazy happy it did. Some authors can try to capture the idea of summer, but what Han actually does is that she grabs a hold of the very definition, transforms it and personifies it into a person. And one.
Both Belly and Susannah were summer personified to me; summer at different stages. Belly is at the beginning, like a beach inexperienced or sand yet to be tread--she's smooth canvas. Susannah on the other hand is the shore at twilight and she symbolizes something we have yet to ever see, the end of summer. The gradual decline taking place is made very evident, and yet through it all she's this picture of dignity, something to behold. I love Susannah a lot, like maybe too much seeing she's fiction.
I am at a loss for words for this book, all I can say is that I have been more than content with it. And for once I didn’t find myself only focussing on the love aspects, I just can't, it would be an insult to do so! Despite the fact that the love took major and wonderful parts of this book, it just didn't seem to matter more than the overall