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A review by wanderingtales
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Overall, obviously loved this book and story. I’m a big fanfic reader so any complaints about it being too fanfic-y weren’t anything I was bothered by at all.
Only two big concerns I’d recommend before going in. The two MCs joke about title ix (federal protections against gender based discrimination, including sexual harassment etc) with each other because of the way their fake relationship began. I wasn’t too bothered because the would-be alleged did think they had consent and acknowledged it would be in the others right to file if they wanted. Depending on your personal experience with title IX, this may be a good content warning to know.
The other thing is highly debated in the aspec community, but Olive is clearly demisexual, though the term itself isn’t used. Some of the language Olive uses shows that she believes feeling this way is wrong and it’s never addressed. This could’ve been easily solved by her and Malcolm doing the barest research previously when they talked about her feelings and we could’ve seen Olive learning to accept her identity in a positive way. Some aspec reviewers I’ve seen loved the rep, others did not. For you, know that the demi rep is there, though is missing a lot of nuance or...simply addressing it for what it is.
Only two big concerns I’d recommend before going in. The two MCs joke about title ix (federal protections against gender based discrimination, including sexual harassment etc) with each other because of the way their fake relationship began. I wasn’t too bothered because the would-be alleged did think they had consent and acknowledged it would be in the others right to file if they wanted. Depending on your personal experience with title IX, this may be a good content warning to know.
The other thing is highly debated in the aspec community, but Olive is clearly demisexual, though the term itself isn’t used. Some of the language Olive uses shows that she believes feeling this way is wrong and it’s never addressed. This could’ve been easily solved by her and Malcolm doing the barest research previously when they talked about her feelings and we could’ve seen Olive learning to accept her identity in a positive way. Some aspec reviewers I’ve seen loved the rep, others did not. For you, know that the demi rep is there, though is missing a lot of nuance or...simply addressing it for what it is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia