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Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

30 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is my 3rd Ali Hazelwood, and I loved the characters in this one. I felt like I could relate to them more than any of the ones I read previously, and they were more fleshed out. They were all kind of odd and interesting. I absolutely loved the humor Rocio added. And Levi was so much more real than Adam in Love Hypothesis, and they had better everyday chemistry. I appreciated that there was not another issue of inscrutability regarding the female lead trying to read the male lead. In fact, a lot of this book differed from how her others are, which was refreshing. But yeah, I was frustrated at times by Bee's lack of ability to see that this guy doesn't hate her. It became unbelievable at some point.

The premise is interesting and chapter headings are as clever as ever. I didn't like the way Bee treated Levi toward the end, but I was glad it got resolved quickly enough. Speaking of resolution, it gets almost cheesy at some point, especially with the protective cat, and the severe tension of the ending is uncomfortabbly unexpected. Plus the twitter subplot is built up so much with very little reward. But the epilogue was actually useful! Normally, I don't really see the point of prologues & epilogues, but this one was worth the pages.

I give Brooke Bloomingdale 5/5⭐️. She does the perfect narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

madisonthacker's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

daisyfont's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Alcohol

isfantasi's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jess_polishedcomma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

audc's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

4.5 star quality writing
2.5 star plot 
Read as a gift to a friend 
100 pgs longer than needed (it actually felt like the last 100pgs were an addition separate from the book) 

I don’t normally read romance but how obvious it was from the beginning; the plot…. I don’t want to read romance. 
At least it’s self-aware in the amount of coincidences…
We see it from her point of view. Everytime she’ll say his face flushed and he quickly turned away; he’s angry. *facepalm* 
The language used in describing his actions and the conclusions she drew from it are so different.
Appreciated the technical POV we were given. 
Made me like science even more. 
HOWEVER, not everything about her has to be tied to a romantic aspect. 
I’m glad the miscommunication trope wasn’t ridiculous. 

[Edit:] 3.25 to 3.75 
I can’t stop thinking about the characters ( they’re really well fleshed out ) and their romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, and Alcohol

circe813's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hayzey's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol