A review by amandasbooks1
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fun and lighthearted read! There was a quick progression, just the right amount of funny/quirky dialog and a cute romance story. 
Some parts were cringey, and the MC's friends really pushed her in a way I don't think friends would ever do. Exemple "Go sit in his lap in this professional seminare". 


The writing is okay, but I was very annoyed by how every page had to mention how tall/big/large/huge Adam is. 
Everytime Olive saw him there was a comment about his size, or how her legs were so much shorter or her hands so much smaller etc. Is there no other attractive qualities or prominent features to Adam but his size??? 

The whole "Overprotective and sheltering man" trope was executed well and with very little to none signs of toxicity which is rare when it comes to these types of manly man romance stories. 

Comments about the 18+ scene below 
The 2 chapters long porno was not really the right vibe and came a bit surprising since the story overall is pretty PG and was not set up to be supersexualised. It was A LOT of change in character in just a few sentences for the way I portrayed Adam's character. Still not the worst I have read but it feels like the very explicit smut was "shoved in there" so the author could continue the AO3 feeling since they started writing fanfiction. It felt like a chapter from the After books accidentally slipped into the mix. 
I did enjoy the Demisexual rep Olive provided but it wasn't plain written out which I believe would make a huge difference for representation of the Ace - spectrum. 
But like I said, this could have been executed better.
 
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