A review by deepbutdazzlingdarkness
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was just exhausting to read, that's the best way I can put it. The non-stop banter, where every single line is a Bit was too much for me, and Elsie…god I’m sorry but like everything about her as a character was designed to annoy me. Obviously stuff like not caring about/knowing her own feelings, not being able to stand up for herself etc. was the whole point of the character but it is so frustrating and not fun to read. 

 

I don't think anything about this book was really *bad* and despite what I said about it being exhausting, it was also a very fast read, but it was just not for me. (Which I didn't think it would be, hence why I haven't read any other Ali Hazelwood books, but my girlfriend wanted to listen to it together so we did that for the first ~27% and then I read the rest of it digitally.) 

 

Did I take off a full star for the whole “peerection” bit? Well I didn't NOT, but that scene put me off finishing the book for like 3 weeks so that’s why I rounded down to 2 stars on GoodReads.