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A review by alliemikennareads
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
funny
hopeful
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
4.5
PHEW. I read this as an audiobook and it is QUITE descriptive and that’s all I’ll say about that.
Overall, I really enjoyed this enemies to lovers / fake dating romance. I liked Olive’s personality, and even Adam’s too - his character was somehow simultaneously kinda boring but also incredibly hot? I’ve dated men with his personality before but they def weren’t as hot as he sounded, that’s for sure. I also liked the BIPOC women in STEM rep.
I loved the audiobook format but oh my, this one builds some serious tension. Like 8.5/10 on my 🍆 scale. This is a standout romance of the year for me.
That said, was it perfect? No. Was the conflict believable? Eh, not really. Was it infuriating now incapable two genius adults were? Sometimes. Did I find myself caring? Not really.
One thing I’m not the best person to speak to as I’m not asexual, but do want to mention…I appreciated the visibility of Olive questioning whether she was asexual and later describing how she feels more. But I didn’t love how this was kinda glazed over and how her friends made kinda acephobic comments that acted like Olive “finally getting laid” was the most important thing about her new relationship-that rubbed me the wrong way.
That said, this book gets a lot of things right - great consent on page, great handling of the concept of virginity, tackling a serious issue of sexual harassment in academia appropriately, to name a few.
Overall, I really enjoyed this more than anything I’ve read in awhile but that moment above did prevent me from fully raving about this one, I’m still thinking about it days later.
TW: Anxiety, attempted assault / sexual harassment, acephobic comments
Overall, I really enjoyed this enemies to lovers / fake dating romance. I liked Olive’s personality, and even Adam’s too - his character was somehow simultaneously kinda boring but also incredibly hot? I’ve dated men with his personality before but they def weren’t as hot as he sounded, that’s for sure. I also liked the BIPOC women in STEM rep.
I loved the audiobook format but oh my, this one builds some serious tension. Like 8.5/10 on my 🍆 scale. This is a standout romance of the year for me.
That said, was it perfect? No. Was the conflict believable? Eh, not really. Was it infuriating now incapable two genius adults were? Sometimes. Did I find myself caring? Not really.
One thing I’m not the best person to speak to as I’m not asexual, but do want to mention…I appreciated the visibility of Olive questioning whether she was asexual and later describing how she feels more. But I didn’t love how this was kinda glazed over and how her friends made kinda acephobic comments that acted like Olive “finally getting laid” was the most important thing about her new relationship-that rubbed me the wrong way.
That said, this book gets a lot of things right - great consent on page, great handling of the concept of virginity, tackling a serious issue of sexual harassment in academia appropriately, to name a few.
Overall, I really enjoyed this more than anything I’ve read in awhile but that moment above did prevent me from fully raving about this one, I’m still thinking about it days later.
TW: Anxiety, attempted assault / sexual harassment, acephobic comments
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
Anxiety as well