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A review by jessica_lb
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I would first like to thank Ali Hazelwood, for bringing me yet another unrealistically incredible male love interest on an oversized silver platter. (Why is his name Jack Smith though. Like that’s actually the most basic white name (and also my brother’s first name = minus points) to ever exist. I was slightly mollified knowing that his real name was Jonathan. )
This book was such an enjoyable read! The characters were funny, loveable, there is some classic pining that Ali Hazelwood can’t seem to write a book without incorporating, which, of course, I ate up. She also has a way of writing side characters that don’t take over the novel, yet become characters that I really care about!
Elsie’s people pleasing tendencies spoke to me and I was so glad she started standing up for herself in the end and that it happened to naturally, too.
My only complaints was that I felt they were a bit too couple-y too soon in the book. I felt like it came to a slight standstill somewhere in the middle. Don’t get me wrong, nothing was rushed, but I think I just wanted a bit more of her hating him while he pined for her.
THAT SAID, I understand how unrealistic that would be considering the kind, patient, woke, hot, smart HUNK (ew sorry) the MMC is. I, too, would not have been strong enough to resist and therefore stand beside Elsie in horned-up solidarity.
One more thing, and this is more about Ali Hazelwood's books in general than this specific book, is that I'm noticing a theme FMCs who love food and all things sugar....And yet it is harped on about how thin they are. Now don't get me wrong, I usually don't care what size the FMC is, big, small, curvy, tall, thin, but when it seems to become a thing about how wafer thin they are with all their quirky, sugary eating habits...Like would it kill Ali Hazelwood to have a character who doesn't have "A concave stomach" (the love hypothesis) or whose ribs aren't obvious enough that the MMC's fingers fit between them when he holds her (yes, that was a thing in this book).
Just some food for thought, mind the pun xx
I didn’t quite realise that was a book in the same series as The Love Hypothesis for a shamefully long time…As in until the truth hit me in the face when Adam and Olive showed up. Oops.
Overall really fun read though!
This book was such an enjoyable read! The characters were funny, loveable, there is some classic pining that Ali Hazelwood can’t seem to write a book without incorporating, which, of course, I ate up. She also has a way of writing side characters that don’t take over the novel, yet become characters that I really care about!
Elsie’s people pleasing tendencies spoke to me and I was so glad she started standing up for herself in the end and that it happened to naturally, too.
My only complaints was that I felt they were a bit too couple-y too soon in the book. I felt like it came to a slight standstill somewhere in the middle. Don’t get me wrong, nothing was rushed, but I think I just wanted a bit more of her hating him while he pined for her.
THAT SAID, I understand how unrealistic that would be considering the kind, patient, woke, hot, smart HUNK (ew sorry) the MMC is. I, too, would not have been strong enough to resist and therefore stand beside Elsie in horned-up solidarity.
One more thing, and this is more about Ali Hazelwood's books in general than this specific book, is that I'm noticing a theme FMCs who love food and all things sugar....And yet it is harped on about how thin they are. Now don't get me wrong, I usually don't care what size the FMC is, big, small, curvy, tall, thin, but when it seems to become a thing about how wafer thin they are with all their quirky, sugary eating habits...Like would it kill Ali Hazelwood to have a character who doesn't have "A concave stomach" (the love hypothesis) or whose ribs aren't obvious enough that the MMC's fingers fit between them when he holds her (yes, that was a thing in this book).
Just some food for thought, mind the pun xx
I didn’t quite realise that was a book in the same series as The Love Hypothesis for a shamefully long time…As in until the truth hit me in the face when Adam and Olive showed up. Oops.
Overall really fun read though!