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La hipótesis del amor by Ali Hazelwood

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gemloukay's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

In an effort to convince her best friend that she’s over a guy she was seeing, student Olive kisses moody and unapproachable professor Adam Carlson. Only she didn’t realise the random guy that she grabbed on the corridor was Adam and now she’s fake dating him. Or is she? Adam seems all too happy to go along with it too, for some reason.

As always with Ali Hazelwood, it’s a lovely STEM romance with a bit of spice. I loved that he was as unsure as she was and that the science is always accurate enough not to annoy me as a fellow biologist!

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charlotteay's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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zoenelson's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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readyforit's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

3⭐️1.5🌶️(slow burn and only one scene but it’s very descriptive)

This was my third Ali hazelwood book and I could tell it was her first. I didn’t like it as much as check & mate or bride. It was an okay book if you went through bio 1 in college so you can understand all the science references she makes. However, it did induce flashbacks. It seems like if you’ve read one Ali hazelwood book, you’ve read them all. Every one of her MMC is secretly obsessed with the FMC and the FMC is clueless about it, even though there are neon signs. In this book, however, I didn’t really feel the tension or chemistry. Maybe Adam is just such a closed-off character we barely ever get a glimpse of his feelings? I didn’t even feel like the way they finally got together was satisfying because of what happened to olive beforehand. And why did she

not think Adam would believe her?? Bad things happen to women in academia all the time, and he obviously cared about her.

If you can suspend belief or think of it as a fanfic I think you’ll enjoy it. Otherwise there are plenty of other books where the MMC is truly obsessed with the FMC and doesn’t date a graduate student in the same department, which is iffy. I won’t be rereading, but it was an okay book.

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melllllting's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ok... A rollercoaster of thoughts.
To start, I listened to the audiobook version and I truly couldn't stand the reader's voice. Not off to a great start. So much of the writing was cringe-worthy and predictable. Like of course Olive loves pumpkin spice.

Of course Harvard guy (Tom) is Adam's professional collaborator.

Of course Adam's size (big, large, huge, tall, etc.) is a recurring theme throughout the book - By chapter 2, it already became a bit repetitive.
The writing style, a mix of Olive's internal monologue and third-person perspective, didn't quite work for me either. There is a part of me that wishes I didn't listen to the bonus chapter from Adam's perspective, too, because his internal monologue was just a bit disturbing to me.
Also, I work in higher education and have been a graduate student for a few years now and I found it hard to relate to Olive's academic experiences. Maybe it's just because I'm not a STEM girlie.
Overall, reading this book was like watching Love is Blind - so bad but so entertaining at the same time.

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