Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

5 reviews

lkristin2018's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.5

This is a sweet, new adult book about a grad student and a professor (not her professor) that decide to fake date because it will be mutually beneficial. Of course, it morphes into something real, but there are many misunderstandings along the way. Both of the main characters grow and change throughout the story, and the main female character deals with a great deal of institutional misogyny. There is an engaging LGBTQ best friend, as well as a close friend of Asian descent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol

three suicidal thoughts/statements, graphic sex (consensual) scene, also uses ableist language about mental illness: “certifiably mental.”

tymtoread's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Bullying and Toxic friendship

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

I quite liked this book, and I have no idea what all of the internet hate is about, because all I've seen on social media is about how awful this book was. I think it's because it is very obvious that it used to be Reylo fanfic, and people just hate fanfic for some reason. 

Well, it was quite good, and fell into several tropes that I really like, including fake dating and real feels. It features demi-sexuality rep, Jewish rep, and Olive discovered a lot about herself and what she really wants in life as the story goes on. There were aspects I thought could be better, but it was fun. Olive was witty and incredibly genre-savvy, and while Adam was pretty one-dimensional, he does grow a fair amount as a character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

1da's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

aseel_reads's review against another edition

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

4.0

super STINKING CUTE!!! I do love me a fake dating trope, especially with an academia setting AND the grumpy x sunshine character dynamic 😍

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment