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A review by the_rabble
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Good time, killer prose, academic nonsense
Single POV, spicy, tale of demisexual people pleasing and self acceptance.
The POV main character, Elsie, is incredibly well written. The voice may be one of the strongest I've read in a while. (I also listened to the audiobook and the narrator did a fantastic job, so that could also be part of it.)
The second main character, Jack, is a little more opaque. Compelling, appropriately hot, mildly unapproachable, but you don't get a lot on his interior life or development. The opacity creates a couple swoony scenes and a few sort of patronizing scenes. He's a cutie, but the vulnerability is select in contrast to the open nerve narrative and story you get from Elsie.
The sex scenes are amazing. Hazelwood writes excellent genital physics and those scenes are where the characters square up on emotional intimacy.
Single POV, spicy, tale of demisexual people pleasing and self acceptance.
The POV main character, Elsie, is incredibly well written. The voice may be one of the strongest I've read in a while. (I also listened to the audiobook and the narrator did a fantastic job, so that could also be part of it.)
The second main character, Jack, is a little more opaque. Compelling, appropriately hot, mildly unapproachable, but you don't get a lot on his interior life or development. The opacity creates a couple swoony scenes and a few sort of patronizing scenes. He's a cutie, but the vulnerability is select in contrast to the open nerve narrative and story you get from Elsie.
The sex scenes are amazing. Hazelwood writes excellent genital physics and those scenes are where the characters square up on emotional intimacy.