The Summer time I Turned Fairly has received over Prime Video viewers — however how does the TV adaptation examine to the unique e-book collection?
The TV present, which premiered in July 2022, is predicated on the e-book collection of the identical identify written by Jenny Han. The Summer time I Turned Fairly follows Stomach Conklin’s (Lola Tung) relationships with childhood buddies Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno) and the way their bond shifts as she explores her emotions for every of them.
Han, who’s the creator and showrunner of The Summer time I Turned Fairly collection, shocked followers when she hinted that her unique imaginative and prescient for the story might change on display screen.
“I actually needed to weigh what the followers expect with the place the present goes creatively and discover that steadiness,” she instructed Selection in June 2022. “My precedence has at all times been that I need followers of the e-book to really feel actually glad by the story we’re telling, but additionally for them to know that that is an adaptation in a brand new medium, so it’s not going to be precisely the identical. I believe these are kind of the 2 issues which can be at all times in my head. I don’t wish to spoil an excessive amount of however the books have been out for some time. You by no means know what might occur with the present. I used to be open minded going into it. I used to be contemplating a variety of totally different potentialities.”
In the meantime, Casalegno confirmed his help for a shakeup to the end result of the central love triangle.
“I do really feel like there’s a powerful likelihood that that’s a chance,” the actor solely instructed Us Weekly in June 2023 in regards to the in style collection doubtlessly straying from the unique occasions within the books. “Clearly, I do know the place [my character Jeremiah] finally ends up going and what finally ends up taking place. However I don’t emphasize on that. As a result of I believe Jenny writes it so effectively that I’m capable of form of get there naturally with out having to drive it a sure route.”
Earlier than the third season premiered in July 2025, Han hinted at potential adjustments. “There are a few moments that folks actually love from the books that I knew that folks had been eager to see,” she instructed Folks on the time whereas noting that e-book moments “may not at all times occur in the best way that you just’re anticipating.”
“I needed to make it possible for I used to be going to essentially service these followers who’ve been following the story for a very very long time,” she added.
Scroll on to see the primary variations which had taken place on the present in comparison with the books to this point:
