The Love Hypothesis: An almost well-deserved BookTok sensation
The Love Hypothesis: An almost well-deserved BookTok sensation that could have been perfect, so let's discuss the yays and the nays. This is not intended to be an in-depth analysis of the book, but rather a reflection on it. All in all, it's a cute and fun ROMCOM (capitalised because it actually made me laugh; rare for a romcom) set against the backdrop of academia at its best. I am going to lay out what made and what broke the story for me. However, my one-sentence review: butterfly-inducing romance with underwhelming payoff. Elements that worked: 1. What really hooked me was the no-nonsense drama between the two leads, Adam and Olive. Usually, when the girl has a preconceived notion about the guy, she is mostly insufferable towards him. But here, Olive is smart enough not to fully berate Adam based on the rumours surrounding him. However, she was still influenced by them, leading to her outrage while texting Adam after an argument with Gregory, who had just had an outburst o...
