midnightbelles's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I don’t know how to feel about this. I went into the Love Hypothesis with skewed views about its contents so I decided to read this with an open mind.
The beginning of this was really boring and I was really confused for about 10 chapters and not even about the science stuff. I felt like the “enemies” thing didn’t really make any sense and I also felt like Bee kept trying to force her wrong opinion down my throat. However I thought that it was sweet that he fell first and I felt so bad for him that she remained convinced that he hated her despite him explicitly saying on multiple different occasions that he didn’t. Her obtuseness really frustrated me a lot while reading. Despite spending most of this book confused it was a nice read.
The beginning of this was really boring and I was really confused for about 10 chapters and not even about the science stuff. I felt like the “enemies” thing didn’t really make any sense and I also felt like Bee kept trying to force her wrong opinion down my throat. However I thought that it was sweet that he fell first and I felt so bad for him that she remained convinced that he hated her despite him explicitly saying on multiple different occasions that he didn’t. Her obtuseness really frustrated me a lot while reading.
Spoiler
I also thought the gun thing was doing a bit too much. It really wasn’t necessary. And the ending and makeup seemed very rushed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Minor: Chronic illness, Sexism, Grief, and Car accident
kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Medical content
Minor: Sexual harassment and Gun violence
CW provided by the author: seizure disorder in children (epilepsy), dieting for children (due to epilepsy)Spoiler
parental death (car accident), death of a friend in rock climbing accident, firearms in life-threatening situations (DO NOT RESULT IN DEATH)kiserke's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
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
4.0
While as a woman in STEM I really appreciated the messages communicated in the background of this book, it just wasn't quite as good as The Love Hypothesis. However, I'm a big fan of You've Got Mail and loved that this functioned as a retelling. I feel like in that aspect it was successful, despite falling a little flat. Don't get me wrong though, this is worth a read and I've even re-read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Car accident and Death of parent
As with The Love Hypothesis, this book is spicy and does have graphically described sexual content. It also takes place in a male dominated setting with a female protagonist which does lead to sexism and misogyny. The rest of the content warnings require some spoilers:Spoiler
Early in the book it is mentioned that Bee's parents died in a car accident when she was little, but it wasn't lingered on. When we meet Levi's parents we find that they are very emotionally abusive. We also find out the Bee's previous fiancé had cheated on her repeatedly. Finally, the last content warnings refer to a scene late in the book where the MCs are being threatened at gunpoint and one of the MCs attempts to take down their attacker.yvo_about_books's review against another edition
2.0
Finished reading: February 7th 2023
“The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay. And it will forever go unpunished.”
WARNING: unpopular opinion ahead!!
I guess I got a two-for-one unpopular opinion deal this week... Sigh. I've decided to just leave this author be in the future. Don't get me wrong, I did love The Love Hypothesis, but I'm starting to think it might just be a one-hit wonder. I absolutely hated the one STEM novella I tried, and sadly this book wasn't much better. I did like the fact that there was more science this time around, and I loved the NASA setting and the whole BLINK project. I even liked the random Marie Curie facts, and some of the banter was good. BUT. There were also too many things I just couldn't get past. I mean, what's up with the author's obsession with pairing up tiny women with huge men? And what did we do wrong to deserve having to deal with her repeating this a kazillion times?!?! I've lost count of the times Bee was referred to as tiny and everything about Levi as huge... It was getting so annoying that I was close to throwing my kindle against the wall. And then I'm not even talking about the absolutely cringeworthy smut... 'You'll get used to it.' *shudders* Someone please pour bleach in my eyes! Of course I'm never a fan of sexy scenes in the first place, but somehow this book was particularly torturous for me. I also felt that the story was way too similar to The Love Hypothesis in general, and the enemy-to-lover vibe just wasn't there for me. I mean, it's basically Levi saying just one sentence to Bee to clear everything up (although Bee is so stubborn and immature she probably still doesn't 'get' it). And while I did like the whole secret Twitter angle, it was SO obvious who she was really talking with... And the reveal who was behind the problems with the project came as no surprise either. I guess it's obvious Love On The Brain and me REALLY didn't get along, and I've come to the conclusion that this author clearly isn't for me after all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Misogyny
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Death of parent
mikelandbeforetime's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Gun violence
alexlong's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
LOTB is cheesy, absurd, over-the-top, somewhat nonsensical (a line about wishing she’d had a digital camera to capture something when she definitely had her smartphone with her), painfully predictable (the ending was obvious within the first 45 mins of the audiobook), and often unrealistic (a 2nd year grad student who presented a talk at a conference her 2nd semester of grad school and then graduated with 24+ publications? Uhhh, okay…). That said, the love story is adorable, the casual integration of queer representation and feminist ideas is great, and I do love the idea of blending feminist modern romance with STEM/academia themes!
Content Warnings
Minor: Gun violence
bookaddiction's review
challenging
emotional
sad
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
5.0
this comment may have spoilers in it -I really like this book the twist at the ending gave me really bad anxiety until the situation was solved but then i did start to enjoy it i do think the ending could've been longer and the epilogue could've been better i like for books to be plot and romance but more romance then anything so if you are like me in that kinda way then you probably won’t enjoy the book all that good you still will like it though just probably not love it the whole book i was waiting for them to get together and then the ending they didn’t really verbally get together bee just showed up to his house and said We in a sentence and that was kinda how they got together then they switched to epilogue and brought it to the 5k race they talked about though the book the ending was rushed and i wished the epilogue would’ve atleast fast fowarded a couple years and showed what they were like and gave some memories they shared over time but that didnt happen it just fast forwarded a couple months but i did enjoy the book i really love Levi and Bee together i jsut wish the author gave a little more memories and time together so i could really really fall inlove with the characters of the book im going to give this book a five star-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️because i still enjoyed it nonetheless
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Infidelity
lovealwaysadi's review
emotional
funny
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Misogyny
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Injury/injury detail, Abandonment, Car accident, Gun violence, and Medical content
kassidyreads's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Gun violence
saraohneh's review
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
5.0
this book was everything: beautifully written, funny, intense, so passionate, steamy, smart and woke
from the first meeting of the mcs i knew i was in love. also the vegansim and feminist discussions are incredible!!! a true 5/5
from the first meeting of the mcs i knew i was in love. also the vegansim and feminist discussions are incredible!!! a true 5/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Gun violence