Are you looking for a series to binge this summer? So trust the AlloCiné viewers who loved this Prime Video program.
You don’t know what to watch during your holidays and you are looking for a program to binge? Every week AlloCiné draws from viewers’ top series to reveal what’s buzzing in streaming.
After a legal series that kept Netflix subscribers in suspense, this time it’s a little nugget offered by Prime Video that takes first place in the ranking: The summer when I became pretty. With a score of 3.9/5, it’s one of the best teen series of recent years.
This adaptation of the novels by Jenny Han (to whom we owe in particular To all the boys I’ve loved), follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin, a young woman who spends her summers at Cousin’s Beach with her mother and her older brother, as well as the best friend of her mother and her sons. During a very specific summer, she will know her first love but also her first heartache.
The first season, broadcast last year, had already caused a sensation, with its catchy pop music and its story that inevitably reminds us of our summer love affairs. A light and refreshing program, conducive to binge-watching, as evidenced by the comments gleaned from the series profile:
“Against all expectations, I really liked this summer series full of lightness and freshness. The setting is, moreover, really magnificent and the young actors play their roles very well. We get attached directly to the characters and the episodes scroll by at full speed.“(lyah)
“The favorite for this series, ideal for the summer. It’s very well done in beautiful settings, all the actors are good, we get attached to the love trio: the three protagonists are very well chosen, a real chemistry between them.
Who will Belly choose, the dark Conrad or her sunny brother Jeremiah? This series recounts the first emotions of love but also addresses other themes: illness, the passage of time, how to rebuild your life at 50…”(Patricia Juillien)
“Good series. Not exceptional, we forget it very quickly. But at the time, I liked it. Kudos to Jenny Han. Finally non-stereotypical Asian characters! Very good cast. Belly is a good main character. The characters are endearing, the ending made me cry.(Charlotte)
“I think it’s a very beautiful series, like the kissing booth if you want to say, for people who love romance, I highly recommend it!” (Mimi)
“A “teenage” series that devours you. We get attached to all the characters (I must also say that the actors are beautiful, that helps a little, beyond their respective personalities). I can’t wait to see the rest in pictures so to wait I’m going to go read the books! (Marine Coco)
Prime Video is currently streaming Season 2 of The Summer I Got Pretty by uploading a new episode every Friday.