A review by maises
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.75
Read this as the first book club read since restarting. I thought the pacing at the start was fine and was satisfied that the ending wrapped all plot points with a bow. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I loved any of the characters involved that much. I just thought the constant pop culture references took me out of the immersion only because there were so many. Plus the author talking down In The Mood For Love did make me unreasonably angry, especially since the book revered Twilight so much that the entire thing was an ad for it. Sorry that I don’t give a shit about books that make a mockery of real life indigenous people and don’t applaud white mediocrity in that way but I’m just another loser anti-girl hater apparently. Not liking Wong Kar-wai movies doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, but it might just mean your idea of compelling romance is stale (opinionated and harsh but only because Elsie got to be).
To be fair, I didn’t take off a star just for that. But I can list what I did like: certain parts of the romance scenes that had actual substance to them was nice. I thought the window into the science community and the jargon were interesting. If you ever want to do a drinking game regarding this book, take a shot every time Elsie describes Jack as “big” and “huge” and you will be rightfully messed up.
To be fair, I didn’t take off a star just for that. But I can list what I did like: certain parts of the romance scenes that had actual substance to them was nice. I thought the window into the science community and the jargon were interesting. If you ever want to do a drinking game regarding this book, take a shot every time Elsie describes Jack as “big” and “huge” and you will be rightfully messed up.