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Below Zero, by Ali Hazelwood

5 reviews

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

I liked it. It was enjoyable, and the STEM stuff was really cool. The author clearly has a very strong scientific and academic background. However, I probably won’t revisit this book. Furthermore, some of the flirting from the female MC—in my opinion—was very problematic. (Minor spoilers ahead.) ||She asks for an informative interview for a grad school assignment, which the male MC accepts. During this interview, she flirts with him because she feels like she picking up a vibe, which is fine. But at one point, when he’s freezing up/giving mixed signals, she decides to back off and make light of the rejection…by asking for a follow-up email (ok, normal) and then joking that she won’t send nudes after. If a guy had done that, it would be incredibly inappropriate. I think it was highly inappropriate for her to say, too. I think there were a few lines like that,|| but otherwise it was other cute—albeit pretty trope-y.

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this_momma_is_booked's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I really enjoyed The Love Hypothesis, so I was expecting to love these novellas as well. Unfortunately, Below Zero fell a bit flat. The whole miscommunication trope is a really tricky one because you need to make the miscommunication believable enough that you're on board with it and that's hard to do in an age when we have SO MANY WAYS to get our point across. I think a miscommunication trope in a novella is a bad call because there is simply not enough time to really dig deep into who these characters are and why they would fall prey to that issue in the first place.

Overall, the characters were fine. They weren't well-rounded (another casualty of a novella) and the whole thing felt rushed. It was an enjoyable enough listen, but I probably wouldn't recommend it.

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samone2's review against another edition

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lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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valeria_gzz's review

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emotional funny 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

2.0

2 because I don’t know how I feel about this except not great? This definitely felt more believable but I’m just not feeling it. I liked the hero because he wasn’t exactly brooding, just shy BUT this man CONTINUOUSLY compared the heroine’s body to Mars’ geographical landscape and it was SO weird. I read someone else’s review and they mentioned this and tbh I thought he did it once and it would be kinda weird, but no, he really went for it…

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fivecatsinacoat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

It would have been a four if Ali could ever have her characters find a condom.

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I'm still confused at how they just totally left her research project in Svalbard.

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