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Writer Ali Hazelwood may be originally from Italy, but she has also lived in Japan, Germany and then moved to the US where she earned a PhD in neuroscience. In addition to writing romantic comedies whose protagonists are in the scientific sphere, she has also published scientific articles. She has four books published so far – The Love Hypothesis, Love On The Brain (the Slovak version should be out in a few months), Loathe To Love You (a collection of three novellas) and Love, Theoretically.
Hypothesis book went around perhaps the whole world, created a huge boom around it, gathered one rave review after another, so I couldn’t miss it either. Having finished reading it, I can say that I understand it all and I’m joining the fans of this book. I realize that this “hype” may, on the contrary, put some readers off, but try giving Hypothesis a chance, I believe you won’t regret it.
Olive was so peculiar, on the one hand an intelligent scientist working on important research that could save many lives, on the other hand a young woman with low self-esteem who often lets others jump on her head, she is lonely, she doesn’t believe in love. However, she has completely won me over with her character. She hasn’t had it easy in her life, she lost all her loved ones while growing up and was left to fend for herself. Fortunately, she gradually found two great friends who became her family, supported her, were her backbone. I really enjoyed this camaraderie and it made me laugh more than once.
Adam, the dreaded teacher, from whom his students always left with a cry or a dose of all sorts of swear words. He really didn’t have a good reputation at school, everyone thought he was very cruel and preferred to avoid him. With Olive, however, his other, better, kinder, witty side came out; he would do the first and the last for her, he would bear her blue from the sky, and you just couldn’t help but love him.
The romantic line was adorable, you’ll have a crooked smile on your face the whole time. It developed slowly, Adam and Olive gradually broke down the barriers they had both built around each other and I enjoyed their bonding immensely. This is exactly the kind of romance I adore, so I have nothing to fault it for. I hope their story will win your hearts as well.
I also liked the scientific setting and the fact that the author pointed out how women are underestimated in this field. Luckily, Olive and her best friend Anh decided not to let that happen and prove to everyone that women can be just as good scientists as men, even though they still had some obstacles to overcome.
You may be wondering what I took off one star for when I praised everything… the pacing seemed so slow to me, so I would rate the beginning with eight stars, then I was enjoying the story to the fullest, so that’s why I gave it nine stars in the end.
The author’s next book, Love Analysis, should be out in a couple of months, and I’m already looking forward to it. I hope it will be as great a story as The Love Hypothesis was.