The casual use of homophobic language and unnecessary girl-on-girl hate contributed to a toxic masculinity and heteronormative culture that was idolized rather than challenged. It may be because she wants to convey the inner thoughts of a misinformed teen, but I still donвЂ™t think it shouldвЂ™ve been included. The characters would consistently use one another with ulterior motives, and none of the couples felt like a cohesive partnership.ДЄs much as I love Jenny HanвЂ™s writing in To All the Boys IвЂ™ve Loved Before, I do have to acknowledge that a lot of the casual dialogue in this book was ratherвЂ¦problematic. There was nothing swoon-worthy about him!! The вЂњromanceвЂќ was difficult to support because it was riddled with miscommunication and love triangles. рџ™ѓ Conrad was meant to be the brooding bad boy in this story, but he was equally as selfish and immature as Belly. WeвЂ™re supposed to fall in love with the oh-so-swoony Conrad because he drinks and punches walls and gets into fightsвЂ¦but this dude has as much personality as a brick. вЂњMoments, when lost, canвЂ™t be found again. Every single thought that goes through her mind is centered around вЂњME! ME! ME!!вЂќ I have never read a character who was more delu-lu in her life (except maybe Shane from Again, But Better), рџ™„ throwing away close female friendships due to boy drama, disrespecting her parents, and always refocusing the conversation on her. While I understand that teens in YA novels have every right to act as teens (because they should), I just could not stand Belly as a main character-she was extremely judge-y and superficial with an internal monologue that made me cringe.

Conrad the summer i turned pretty