Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

20 reviews

giuliii's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, and Toxic friendship

sakurasflowers's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Misogyny

bibimaemills's review

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

coriblake's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

• The sex scenes in this book were so unbelievably bad and cringey that I almost stopped reading the book entirely. 
• If you take a shot every time Adam's bigness is mentioned you will die of alcohol poisoning by page 35
• The love interest is named Adam Carlsen because Adam Driver would be too obvious. 
• Olive might be in STEM, but she is dumb as hell. By the end of the book I was incredibly frustrated with all her decisions and leaps in logic. Her primary trait of unfathomable self doubt was equally frustrating to read. I know this might be a common character flaw in the real world, but something about it's portrayal in this novel made me want to claw my eyes out. 
• Credit where it's due: the Olive and Adam had good chemistry in their dialogue. If only it wasn't sandwiched in everything else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Minor: Emotional abuse

chazza532's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

If I could give this book higher than five stars I would. It’s the best book I’ve read so far this year.

Things I loved
- Adam Carlsen. Everything about Adam Carlsen. That man is f**king perfect and no one can tell me otherwise. 
- The spice scene. There’s only one, but oof it hit hard 
- The portrayal or academia. I worked in higher ed administration for a year after undergrad, and I’m currently applying to grad programs, so it hit the spot perfectly
- the fact that there was no miscommunication trope! 
- Olive. She’s such a fun narrator (even when she’s the most oblivious person in the world)

Things I didn’t love
- nothing. I loved everything about this book. 

I finally get the hype about book boyfriends. 5 stars. Will definitely read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Cancer

riella_reads's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

kathrinellis's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

Wow! I loved the story, the characters and the writing style so much. This was the nerdy romance I needed. Also, I could relate to Olive as my mother had died of pancreatic cancer, too. I definitely can see why some people might find the story problematic, but for me it was perfect, worth the hype and I would have loved 200 pages more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

hapalyn's review

funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

agnes_reads's review

funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness

Minor: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse