Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - The Love Hypothesis

I found this book via friends on Goodreads. I wasn’t sure what to expect when their reviews were so different. What you need to know about Ali Hazelwood as an author is that she writes about women in academia. I could relate to Olive and the difficulties that she faced as a woman in science and academia.

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Men like Tom exist on so many levels and there aren’t enough Adams out there.

I loved all the little details to the lab work and science and how she loved her Starbucks. I loved how each chapter started with a hypothesis to describe each chapter.

There was a significant use of language throughout the book, which can be an issue for some readers. Also, since this is a romance trope, there were 2 chapters that were rather explicit. If that is not for you, don’t let that stop you from reading. Just skip chapters 16, 17, and the bonus chapter. It won’t ruin the overall story.

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The bonus chapter provided an interesting insight to the sex scene. While initially, I thought Adam’s language vulgar, I would not normally think like Adam. Upon further thought, he is actually very gentle, kind, and loving in his actions.

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lilyum's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? No

5.0

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frommars's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

it wasn't as bad as i expected it to be but the dialogue was exetremely forced sometimes. must everything be a literary masterpiece to be enjoyable?

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irisvdn's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

The end was super good, the beginning had some flaws

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miijiju's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

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Better than expected

What I liked:
The storyline was fine, the concept worked too. It wasn't really an enemies to lovers or academic rivals but the twist was nice, Brenton did seem like an ass from the beginning (like he himself mentioned) and I like the goofy revenge that Olive gave him.

What I didn't like:
The characters were bland and boring, especially Adam felt like he didn't have a personality and his random switch from "never giving a fuck" to "I'm going to kill you" near the end with Brenton felt unnatural and weird. Malcolm was annoying and imo Anh was a pushover even after she mentioned it. The sex scene too 😭

I don't get how the book has an average 4⭐ rating on GoodReads but it doesn't deserve it.

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