Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

118 reviews

livvmarks's review

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

hecksbecks's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I understand now why there had been so much hype around The Love Hypothesis. Well written, intentional and creative I would read more from Hazelwood in a heartbeat. Her characters are not complex and the story is easy to digest but these are not bad things. It feels good to read a romantic story about two adults that act like children in love; it’s wonderful! It feels real! Adam and Olive, and the pining for one another is everything important in the book. Even the subtle introduction a social issue and how it was not only applied but confronted was well done. Enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

tym_flies's review

emotional 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

4.75

Fabulous, show-stopping, never-been-done-before (by that I mean done at least a million times but not in this way). I love a good man-pines-over-a-girl-who-has-no-idea-the-depth-of-his-feelings-for-her moment. Grumpy × sunshine. All the fun things. 

Also, also, women in STEM. What a novel concept (not really, but its nice to see it in the romance genre, or ANY genre, but I digress). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic friendship and Bullying

ellie_girl2929's review

challenging emotional funny informative slow-paced

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

5.0

Probably the best book I’ve ever read most def recommend. One of my top three books I’ve read so far. Very detailed book and when I finished reading I immediately wanted to reread the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Medical content

cecilie26's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

It’s a really nerdy(in the good kind of way) and totally loveable. If you want a sweet but kind enemies to Lovers Vibe but not quite enemies either, but something in between? This is the book. It has the sunny and broody romance. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Body shaming, and Misogyny

wackzo's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Cancer, Death of parent, and Cursing

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

• Está foi a leitura de Janeiro em conjunto com a Bestie e eu estava desejosa de o ler porque:
1 - favorito da comunidade em qualquer plataforma
2 - o facto da Olive ser demisexual.
Este último ponto foi sem dúvida o que mais me motivou.

• Depois dos meus 25 anos comecei a ponderar muito sobre mim mesma, romântica e sexualmente 🤔
Ao ler os excertos deste livro, sobre como a Olive se sentia em termos de atração por terceiros e da sua falta de sentimentos pelo Jeremy, senti pela primeira vez que lia algo com o que me identificava e foi fantástico debater isso com a Bestie ☺️

• Estava tão fascinada por essa conexão com a Olive que depois meio que me atrapalhei quando se deu o picante e na minha cabeça nenhum recetor "spicy time" se acendeu e fiquei desconfortável. (I have yet to find an Adam to snap that on me...) Mas a cena não foi má, quando ele levou a mão dela... 🤭

• Ironicamente, eu peguei neste livro pela Olive, mas não gostei dela 😅
Em rom-coms as protagonistas que detesto são aquelas que parecem umas baratas tontas afligidas. Falsos-namoros implicam mentiras, mas a Olive foi acumulando uma bola de neve delas. Miscommunication é uma trope que detesto e tantos monólogos na cabeça dela que podiam resolver tudo nunca foram ditos! Para uns cientistas, os dois faziam muitas suposições erradas um sobre o outro 🙄

• Gostei dos encontros para café e quando a Olive resolveu os seus problemas 💪

• O Adam não se tornou um book boyfriend para mim e acho que foi por aquela primeira impressão de que as suas palavras ponderadas pareciam estar a manipular a Olive, porque eu já sabia que ele estava apaixonado e ela também mudava de opinião mal ele dizia algo...
Claro que depois gostei de como ele era atencioso à sua própria maneira e respeitava a Olive sempre.
Quando ele começou a dizer gracinhas é que conquistou, porque homem calado e sem hobbies parecia ter falta de personalidade 😂

• Os amigos dos dois eram um pouco "too much" às vezes, mas ajudaram muito.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Death of parent

slayharrie28's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

daringreader13's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Hypothesis- because this is Star Wars fanfic I will hate it. 😅 Too bad the test results proved that hypothesis to be absolutely false. 

And now I read everything she’s written before her book event in a couple weeks.

Also I did in fact read this in one sitting. Which wow. I need to read it again already.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent