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La teoría del amor by Ali Hazelwood

80 reviews

gabriellelow's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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I definitely had mixed feelings about this book, during reading it, immediately after finishing, and 12 hours later. There were things that I liked: the main character not being "fixed" at the end, the empowerment of women in STEM, the cameo of Olive and Adam being used as offering a new perspective of a character who's mind the readers couldn't see, and overall the enemies to lovers arc. 

However, I did think that the book was too long and even though, it wrapped up nicely, there were many moments where I was waiting a hundred pages for the resolution I knew was coming.
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lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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ell_n's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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laheath's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Enemies to lovers trope with some really funny moments. The female lead, as in the author's previous books, is a woman in STEM, which could be admirable, but the author continues to make these women much smaller in stature than their male counterparts and with some weakness in their character. The male lead, again, is seemingly perfect, in his job, in most of his family relationships, and in helping the female lead get over her issues. The romance was ultimately sweet but seemed to accelerate quickly without much development. 
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naysia_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a cute read!  Elise is so relatable and jack is the PERFECT bookboyfriend
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fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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teesh_a13's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Elsie needs work. Lord does she need work. I love Jack - he’s such a supportive love interest. Definitely not a solid representation of academia but has some good parts too. The audiobook is really good. I love the narrator - she does a great job. 
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uranaishi's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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meganpbell's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Listen, is the love interest freakishly large and financially secure and the main character petite and penurious and the setting scientific? You know the answers, however…Elsie’s pathological people pleasing, how her mentor’s ARCH ENEMY sees right through it, the academic feuding (inspired by a true story), her hilarious inner monologue, his YEARNING, the diabetes and ace and demisexuality rep, can we hear it. FOR. THE. STEAM., THE STEAM, PEOPLE! I couldn’t put it down. This is my favorite Ali Hazelwood yet!
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booksinherhead's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The best of Hazelwood's STEMinist novels, LOVE THEORETICALLY follows adjunct physics professor Elsie as she navigates the consequences of her faking-dating-for-hire scheme...primarily that the older brother of a client she's come to love not only turns out to be a physicist in a competing specialty, but also happens to be part of the team that could hire her for a tenure-track position at MIT.  This novel is tender-hearted, sexy, and extremely funny.  Perfect for reader's with eldest-daughter-syndrome...or for those known to bend over backwards for others.  Follow along as Elsie learns to ask for what she wants–it's a joy to read. 
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