To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

by

Jenny Han

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John Ambrose McClaren Character Analysis

John Ambrose is one of the boys who gets a love letter from Lara Jean. Lara Jean wrote the letter after they kissed during an eighth-grade game of spin the bottle, but since John Ambrose moved away before they started high school, she hasn’t seen him in about three years. A few months into her pretend relationship with Peter, Lara Jean decides to track down John Ambrose and manages to do so at a Model UN meeting that her school hosts. He looks exactly like she expected—clean-cut, rosy-cheeked, and very serious—and he recognizes Lara Jean. Lara Jean leaves the meeting after only saying hi to John Ambrose, though she continues to think fondly of him.

John Ambrose McClaren Quotes in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before quotes below are all either spoken by John Ambrose McClaren or refer to John Ambrose McClaren. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 17 Quotes

Not that anything exciting happened, for instance an impromptu game of spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven—two possibilities for which us girls had prepared for with gum and lip gloss. All that happened was the boys played video games and us girls watched and played on our phones and whispered to each other. And then people’s moms and dads were picking them up, and it was so anticlimactic after all that planning and anticipation. It was disappointing for me, not because I liked anyone, but because I liked romance and drama and I was hoping something exciting would happen to someone.

Related Characters: Lara Jean Song Covey (speaker), Peter Kavinsky, John Ambrose McClaren
Page Number: 73-74
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John Ambrose McClaren Quotes in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before quotes below are all either spoken by John Ambrose McClaren or refer to John Ambrose McClaren. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Family, Responsibility, and Growing Up Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

Not that anything exciting happened, for instance an impromptu game of spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven—two possibilities for which us girls had prepared for with gum and lip gloss. All that happened was the boys played video games and us girls watched and played on our phones and whispered to each other. And then people’s moms and dads were picking them up, and it was so anticlimactic after all that planning and anticipation. It was disappointing for me, not because I liked anyone, but because I liked romance and drama and I was hoping something exciting would happen to someone.

Related Characters: Lara Jean Song Covey (speaker), Peter Kavinsky, John Ambrose McClaren
Page Number: 73-74
Explanation and Analysis: