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La hipótesis del amor by Ali Hazelwood

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thebankofbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-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

they may be biologists, but boy do they have ~chemistry~

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thereaderfriend's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Okay, I am much more disappointed with this book than I thought I’d be.

I love character driven novels but i didn’t appreciate the underlying motives.

It was so stupid of Olive to fake date Adam to make her friend—who should know that Olive is demisexual and over Adam—happy and feel comfortable dating her ex. Her friends should know her and respect that aspect of Olive.

Yes Ahn did tell Olive later that Olive didn’t need to do that but she should’ve gave her that safe space and acknowledgment earlier.

Also didn’t appreciate the brief moments where the author covered Olive’s sexuality. It was underwhelming.

And the author didn’t give enough time for the

sexual harassment situation

to be handled. It felt halfhearted and disheartening to only get the amount that was explored of the situation. Also, am not enjoying the fact that Adam had come to the rescue in that situation (and many others).

Olive had issues with her self esteem, and that’s fine, but their was little to no growth. I wanted more for her. I could relate in moments where Olive was insecure and untrusting, but I wanted her to learn to trust herself more. It seemed like she grew to trust Adam completely instead of herself. I hate that. Adam was great, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t like the way the author handled this.

There were many things that were super ridiculous to me but some that I need to mention right here.

what scientists are so willing and careless with unsafe sex? And wtf was that when Adam grabbed Olives hand and put it on his penis when she was telling him that she wanted to have sex with him and he was denying it? That was so horrific to me. She seemed hesitant and thrown off before this because he kinda didn’t want to have sex with her because he thought that it was a bad idea. I doubt many people would react well to this like she did. What the fuck?

It was funny in parts. I really liked Adam for a good amount of it. I liked his intentions and that he was grumpy but not with Olive. I loved Holden. He was my favorite.

I also did not feel the smut scenes. I get why they were like that because

she was a “virgin” and demisexual so it was overwhelming

but I think that some of it was too much and some moments that seemed to me would be not consensual because

she was one moment overwhelmed and then feeling like she couldn’t say no. Yeah it’s normal to have mixed feelings but I felt unsettled because I feel like this was pushing her in the wrong way and direction. She needed to be pushed in emotional ways first but I guess that didn’t matter as much as her needing to be pushed in that intimate way.

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elliehoney's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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moonbin's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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vivireads99's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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kelleykamanda's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Fun, unique, little cringey at times BUT worth the read.

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merlesstorys's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

“The Love Hypothesis” is just a really cute romance story.

This is supported by the nice writing style of the author, the characters who are just hilarious sometimes, and the fact that it’s not a typical setting - instead it’s academia with post-/grad students and the experience of the author really shows through.

But, and that’s what keeps it at 4 stars for me: it’s a typical romance with typical tropes (fake-dating and falling in love, enemies to lovers, …) and great characters in an exciting setting.

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c45p1n's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

original ratings: 4/5
09/15/2022 rate: 3/5

Oh my god. I got this book recommended to me by one of my best friends and they did not let me down. I was texting them my every reaction and they were living vicariously through my texts even though they've already read the book.

THE PLOT!!!!!!!!!! WAS CONCISE!!!!!!!! AND ENTERTAINING!!!!!!!!!!
the characters were hilarious but albeit a tad basic (cough, Adam, cough), Holden and Ahn being my favourite. Genuinely and wholeheartedly.<3333
very funny and quotable on many instances.
Although I was uncomfortable during the entire chapter dedicated to smut and sex I enjoyed every page of this book
honestly, I didn't feel the chemistry build up. like yeah they were there and they made small talk, but other than that there was no relationship development
(i've read this thrice now) and it relied too much on adam's pre-existing crush on olive
tbh i don’t think the preexisting crush was super necessary. if a book’s only chemistry (they study biology don’t even make that joke🧏) is three years old in the plot and there’s hardly anything else that connects them or helps them then i think there’s something actually missing from your plot
reading it was like a window: i could feel exactly what was happening and see it and the character’s frustrations were my own, yk?
Pretty predictable ngl, I went into this book completely blind and untarnished and I ended up guessing many of the twists and plot points. Nonetheless, they were weaved and delivered beautifully.
As funny as the jokes were, they ended up being overused and reoccuring to the point of them losing humor and becoming brutally annoying.

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The best thing I could say about this book is that I absolutely loved the demisexual rep. I thought it was really well done and I love reading books where the MC is demi. I will say there were definitely some problems with this overall. It was a cheesy romance, which is always fun, and it's a really quick read. I was pretty uncomfortable reading the sex scene to be honest.

Also, can I just say I absolutely hate this cover. When will we stop romanticizing sexual assault just because it is toward a man? Hope they do a recover at some point.

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