‘It isn’t just a teen romance’: why millennial women love The Summer I Turned Pretty

As coming-of-age drama nears its end, part of its appeal is nostalgia for the noughties shows viewers grew up with

It was billed as a show for teenagers, but you would be hard pressed to find a millennial woman who has not watched – and become mildly obsessed with – The Summer I Turned Pretty.

The coming-of-age drama, based on Jenny Han’s novel trilogy of the same name, has quietly grown into a global phenomenon for Prime Video. The first two episodes of its third and final season drew 25 million viewers, triple the audience of its debut.