A review by val_theburrowofstories
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Did not finish book. Stopped at 46%.

(Tried to read this in February 2025)  
 
  • This is the second and LAST book I’m reading by this author. I should’ve DNF The Love Hypothesis and I was not going to make the same mistake here.
  • I feel sorry for the FMC. I’m sorry she is such a people pleaser and doesn’t stands up for herself. I’m sorry she allows other people to walk over her. I’m sorry she has that mess of a mother and brothers. I’m sorry she so clearly has low self-esteem. Thank God I don’t relate to her in any way because I’m the complete opposite of her and maybe that’s why I don’t like her? idk
  • I was almost at 50% of the book and I didn’t feel like we knew enough about this guy, maybe if we got more information about him or more scenes with him then I would’ve try to finish it because I was definitely not staying for her. Also I don't understand WHY he was attracted to her?? Is it because to him she's mysterious? Does he have an "I can fix her" thing?
  • Probably the only character I liked was her best friend and her iconic “he did the very minimum, the bar is so low that you could pick it up and hit him with it", that made me laugh so much.
  • Hate when “enemies to lovers” is not really that at all, it doesn’t work in contemporary romance. In this case the hate she has for him is all for made up reasons in her head and he never hated her to begin with but rather wanted his brother’s girlfriend for himself and I don’t find that sexy.
  • Anyways it felt like almost 50% of the book we were stuck on the same thing and there was no progress on anything!
  • I really tried to not take it seriously and just have fun because this is a silly book, but this wasn’t doing it for me and I’m glad at least is helping me realize what type of books I don’t ever want to pick up again.

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