'The Summer I Turned Pretty': Character Attachment Styles

Key points

"The Summer I Turned Pretty" is a teen romance about how love, grief, and family shape us.

By looking at each character through an attachment lens, we can understand and relate to their choices.

The love triangle between Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah demonstrates how attachment styles can clash.

Spoiler Alert: This post discusses major plot points from The Summer I Turned Pretty.

For millions of viewers, the Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty , adapted from Jenny Han’s bestselling novels and starring Lola Tung (Belly), Christopher Briney (Conrad), and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah), is more than a binge-worthy teen romance of beaches and Taylor Swift ballads. It is an exploration of attachment wounds, grief , and the emotional turbulence of first love. The s