Editing The Summer I Turned Pretty (section)

=== Season 1 ===
For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 88% approval rating with an average rating of 7.1/10, based on 24 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' doesn't need more time to become a swan, coming out of the gate a solidly charming and sweet rom-com with appeal across generations."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=the_summer_i_turned_pretty|title=The Summer I Turned Pretty|type=tv|season=1|access-date=August 23, 2022|publisher_hide=y}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 72 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=the-summer-i-turned-pretty|title=The Summer I Turned Pretty|type=tv|season=1|access-date=November 21, 2022|publisher_hide=y}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Angie Han of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "As a coming-of-age story, Amazon's ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' is a cut above. Tenderly written and endearingly acted, it's sensitive to the subtle but irreversible shifts in self-perception that come with late adolescence—and at the same time clear-eyed enough to understand that teenagers, up to and including its own blushing heroine, sure can act like clueless jerks while they're figuring out how to wield their newfound powers."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Han|first=Angie|date=June 16, 2022|title=Amazon's 'The Summer I Turned Pretty': TV Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-tv-review-1235164802/|access-date=June 25, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626000609/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-tv-review-1235164802/|url-status=live}}</ref> Delia Cai of ''Vanity Fair'' also gave a positive review, commenting that "the specificity of Laurel's fantasy summer is ultimately what rescues ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' from being too sticky sweet."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cai|first=Delia|date=June 16, 2022|title='The Summer I Turned Pretty' Is Wistful Fantasy for the Whole Family|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-is-wistful-fantasy-for-the-whole-family|access-date=June 25, 2022|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en-US|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701140643/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-is-wistful-fantasy-for-the-whole-family|url-status=live}}</ref>

Writing for ''The Playlist'', Marya E. Gates wrote, "Although the voiceover in which [Belly] shares [her] feelings is unevenly deployed, it's refreshing to see a story that puts the girl in the driver's seat and gives her the room to work through the contradictions of adolescence and sexual coming-of-age on her own terms."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gates|first=Marya E.|date=June 17, 2022|title='The Summer I Turned Pretty' Review: A Perfectly Distracting YA Romantic Angst Piece of Summer Fluff|url=https://theplaylist.net/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-review-a-perfectly-distracting-ya-romantic-angst-piece-of-summer-fluff-20220617/|access-date=June 25, 2022|website=The Playlist|archive-date=June 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621025901/https://theplaylist.net/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-review-a-perfectly-distracting-ya-romantic-angst-piece-of-summer-fluff-20220617/|url-status=live}}</ref> Joyce Slaton of Common Sense Media said the series is "as sweet, light, and refreshing as a soda on ice by the swimming pool...[and] tackles the confusion and loveliness of an awkward coming-of-age."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Summer I Turned Pretty TV Review {{!}} Common Sense Media|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-summer-i-turned-pretty|access-date=June 25, 2022|website=[[Common Sense Media]]|language=en|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625022541/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-summer-i-turned-pretty|url-status=live}}</ref>

Abby Cavenaugh of ''Collider'' noted "though at some points, the love triangle—or quadrangle, with Cam included—can feel a bit forced, overall this story works on many levels. You grow to really care about these characters and want to see them happy," adding "Belly is the star of the show, and Tung sells every moment of it with her luminous performance."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cavenaugh|first=Abby|date=June 16, 2022|title='The Summer I Turned Pretty' Review: A Fun, Beachy Binge Watch Rooted in a Complicated Teen Romance|url=https://collider.com/summer-i-turned-pretty-review-lola-tung-jenny-han-prime-video/|access-date=June 25, 2022|website=Collider|language=en-US|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624211917/https://collider.com/summer-i-turned-pretty-review-lola-tung-jenny-han-prime-video/|url-status=live}}</ref>