The Love Hypothesis
Ratings766
Average rating3.9
First time reading a book from this author, and I enjoyed every minute of it. It's a light and cute story! I like the fact that it's taking place in a scientific and academia universe.
Top shelf, second best read of 2021. I thought I have given up on romance books but then I read this. A little weekend detox led me here. I'm so glad I picked this up.
I love this book. All I want to say is that when one person believes you are good enough. You are. I might not get over this for weeks, maybe months.
This was a DNF for me!!! And I don't often DNF but I just couldn't with this one. What did people see in this book??? Because I'm lost!! I think fanfic is just not for me!!
It had the tropes I love, just not the depth I needed. Also, Adam Carlsen deserved better than this pacing 😭
Cute! I think you can tell reading this that this is early Hazelwood - not as many sex scenes as she writes in later books! Still, great banter, good politics. I think I'm always going to want to read what she writes.
I loved this book, it is just well detailed as we like, and a lot of moments that leaves us breathless. This is a book that made me cry, feel angry, a book that called me single in 55 different languages. I simply loved it.
Este libro es de los que te dejan el corazón blandito. A mí me ha encantado el mundo académico/científico que rodea a Adam y Olive. Me parece que es una historia bonita y necesaria porque trata la desigualdad en el mundo científico y porque ojalá las nuevas generaciones lean estos libros y crean que pueden ser como Olive, que las ciencias también están hechas para ellas. Además, me gusta la inclusión de personajes racializados y LGTB sin que su historia gire en torno a esa única característica porque así es como conseguimos la normalización.
I don't just get the hype. It is an average romance book, not bad but also not great.
No sé que decir. Tuve este libro pendiente por mucho tiempo, recuerdo que una vez intenté empezarlo y por algún motivo dije; “no, no me va a gustar”, así que simplemente lo olvidé.
Pero ahora, por alguna razón decidí darle una oportunidad, lo empecé sin muchas esperanzas, y realmente me sorprendió lo mucho que me gustó. En mi segundo intento de leer este libro, me meti de lleno en la historia, y lo disfrutadé muchísimo.
Está claro que cada libro tiene su momento y sin dudas, este fue el mío con él.
Literalmente lo he devorado en menos de 48hs. Omg.
Necesito leer los demás.
Hypothesis: The more nonsensical, the story, and book are... the more it becomes a page-turner?
Even though the book didn't totally warm me up for the genre, maybe this hypothesis is true?
The girl in this book has no personality aside from being anxious. Every time she talks to her friends, they have to remind her that “she is an amazing girl and she deserves a good guy.” To me, she feels like a bit of a “pick-me” constantly needing reassurance for no real reason. It just doesn't sit right with me, she's supposed to be an intelligent woman working toward a PhD. How can she act like a scared fawn in an environment like that?
3.00★
this wasn't nearly as bad as i thought it would be, which is crazy. the writing was so repetitive, and sometimes, even lacking something. the fake dating trope always gets to me, and this was no exception, but there were also a lot of things that made no sense whatsoever. either way i had fun, and even though i skipped the chapters when they were having sex, the rest was pretty torelable and i guess i did enjoy it a bit.
i really only read it because someone said it was a “mindless fun” read, and yeah i guess! it's nice if you don't think too much about it
AHHHHHHH. I don't even know how to rate this. I've put 3 stars but is it?!?!?
I ABHOR communication problems in books. Like Why!?! I almost DNF'd this multiple times. The FMC is an impulsive liar to an extreme. She literally just lies to everybody because for some reason that's easier than just telling the truth. I'm so irritated.
Tbh I had to get through the first 3rd of the book to actually start enjoying it. If you let go of how unrealistic some of the scenarios are then it's a lovely read
I ate this up.
I'm so late to the party,but I ate this right up. Ironicly,I was reading this instead of editing my dissertation. Thank you,Ms. Hazelwood!
If I want to be honest,it's a 4.5 ⭐ read. Nowhere near perfect,but after fangirling so hard and staying up embarrassingly late to finish it how could I give less than 5?!
I'm a Ph.D. student myself,in chemsitry,so the setting felt comfortably familiar. And I got a real boost of justice from the ending as a woman in STEM. I loved the characters,major and minor,although I gotta admit that I haven't actually seen the latest parts of the Star Wars franchise which I know they're based on. At first I was a bit skeptical,still,I could connect and let myself be charmed easily. Loved the conversations between Olive and Adam,the gradual built of affection and trust,loved the pacing. There was always something happening. Right from the prologue to the bonus chapter. That,and the tropes on top of tropes reminded me a lot of fanfiction which I've read my fair share of,but maybe that's why I liked it so much. I'm rarely giggling and kicking my feet over a printed book. True,there were a few slightly cringey/unrealistic moments,but I can look over them in favor of the rest. I'm sold.
This is the first rom-com book I've read in a long time that I can honestly say is great.
I think what sold this story for me was the fact that we are in a “mature” setting and that we are dealing with legitimate young adults. Therefore, we get to experience their successes/failures in their professional lives while also contrasting it with their personal ones, and the way the characters are handled to contrast one another gave way to a lot of effective humor as well as (putting it in simple words) “Awwww” moments.
Also, the fact that the author is incredibly self-aware of the usual rom-com tropes as well as including inconspicuous pop culture references made this a joy to read.
It feels weird to say, but I actually found the “romance” aspect of the book to be very...healthy. What I mean by this is that, especially in recent books/movies of this kind (looking at you Twilight, 50 Shades, To All The Boys, Kissing Booth and the rest of Pandora's Box Demons), the romantic aspects always thread the line between toxic/abusive/manipulative or you at least could get aspects of a relationship that are really negative but that was “romanticized”.
I don't really like that current trend, which most [YA] authors follow, so I was incredibly surprised that the relationship between the two protagonists was actually healthy, mature, and supportive.
You know, a “normal” relationship.
Also, since we're being adults here, the sex scenes are done better than the average standard or “frame of reference” a.k.a they are displayed in a positive and realistic light that is not often seen in similar books a.k.a hot shit.
Overall, I really liked this book and it definitely set a positive bar for romance novels in my regard. If it gets adapted to a movie, I hope it'll be done by a director and writer that actually values the essence of the story (weird opinion, but this would be an amazing 13-ep anime given the right animation studio).
2.75/5
This book was a failure. I didn't like it AT ALL.
The reason for the fake relationship was so bad, it felt forced. “Oh my best friend is in love with my ex boyfriend and even though I feel sick thinking about it I want them together. Oh, i know! I'm gonna kiss the first man I see on this corridor to convince her that I moved on! Even if I hate the idea of her and my ex being together!” And then she suddenly has no feelings for Jeremy and insists that she was never interested in him? No that was horrible.
Anh was a bad friend anyway. Firstly, falling i love with Olivia's boyfriend. And then forcing her in all those situations with Adam. And then it was all played for laughs. Just no.
I liked the characters sometimes but not all the time. Olivia was too bubbly and naive and Adam was too grumpy and quiet. It felt as though he had no agency whatsoever. He was doing what she wanted, never explaining his side of things. This book could use dual POV because we're stuck with Olivia and are forced to see her perspective without seeing Adam's. And it's boring and frustrating.
What the fuck was that sexual harassment at the end? It was a forced bullshit written only to introduce an unnecessary drama and conflict at the end. And it was sloppy and iffy. It was just there to force Adam and Olivia to break up, but it didn't serve any other purpose. Honestly, if it wasn't there, nothing would change. They could have broken up for any other reason and each one would be better than that.
And the resolution was horrible too. It was Olivia's friends to convinced her to report this guy. Olivia herself didn't have any change of feelings regarding her relationship with Adam. She didn't want to suddenly win him back or warn him about his friends. She was just convinced to tell the truth but it was like she didn't care if Adam believed her. it felt like she suddenly didn't want to lie anymore? It was weird. And quick. And this whole ‘breaking up and getting back together within 3 days' was unnecessary. Also, I didn't like the fact that they didn't even have time to talk about it; they just confessed their feelings without even talking about it properly. It was rushed and badly done.
I didn't like this book much. The writing was bad and the plot was weak. But there were a few moments I couldn't stop laughing and I even shed a tear at the end. And the epilogue was nice, a good comeback to how they got together.
The spice was good too. Amazing. i LOVED how into oral Adam was. “You said to do something I'm into.” His breath was hot against her. “I am.” and “I WANT TO GO DOWN ON YOU UNTIL YOU PASS OUT” EXCUSE ME??? THAT WAS HOT. I LOVED IT.
This should have worked. It has ALL my favourite tropes! The fake dating, the “who hurt you”, forced proximity.... But Olive was insufferable. The amount of times she “must have imagined it” GIRL! Get an MRI then bc something isn't right. Not to mention she couldn't speak to save her life. The sheer amount of times she just “I....what—?” “No that's not—“ was astronomical. She went on and on about how “she wasn't like this” “this wasn't her” “she wasn't a crier” but was exactly that. The. Whole. Time.
Insufferable character! Ugh!
But there were moments that made me happy giggle, and laugh. So it's not a one star.
Corny moments and writing, however, I absolutely adore Adam.
Everyone saying each other's names felt redundant and overdone. I think listening to the audiobook made it worse no shade to the author or narrator.
Olive's friend is not a real friend, she's annoying, and their resolution felt so silly. She's in graduate school, she's not in high school. The manipulation is so apparent but I guess Olive stammers, is self deprecating, and can be soft spoken, so the emotional intelligence just feels juvenile. I know she struggles with speaking up for herself, but it irritated me how much of her dialogue was chopped off because she couldn't get the words out. So much conflict could have been avoided.
Also the lies were starting to feel overdone. I like that we're in Olive's head but she's constantly thinking about lies lies lies call her Liza Minnelli. It started to annoy me.
The men fighting and their dialogue felt corny. These men are in their 30s. Although I blame my criticism on the audiobook again, I love scientists in lab coats getting FREAKY!