The love hypothesis

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Sept. 14, 2021 by Berkley.

ISBN:
978-0-593-33682-3
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As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the …

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Read this just to keep in track with the stuff my daughter reads. One of the kind of those books where you know who will be together from the first chapter. The background info and setting was a nice one though, thus 3 stars not 1. Academia and sexual harassment: educative stuff about not keeping quiet.

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It was ok, but not particularly amazing.
Maybe I'm simply too old for the classic insecure-but-secretly-super-hot-and-smart heroine. I just couldn't really identify with the female protagonist in this story. But then I'm not working in an academic field, maybe being told and shown your worth less than your male counterparts all the time does this to you.

Still a reasonably good plot and indeed convincing characters (My favourite is Holden. I want a Holden-story next, please.)

Adorable!

I didn't know I liked contemporary romcom novels about women in STEM and academia, and yeap, I do! This was fun and light-hearted! Just what I needed to get out of a sudden book slump at the end of the month. I empathized with the characters, their academic struggles, and their self-doubts. The romance was adorable, I just wanted a happy ending for all the characters!

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Das ist seit Längerem mal wieder so ein richtig gelungener Liebesroman! Schon das Setting ist ungewöhnlich: Die Hauptfigur ist Doktorandin in Naturwissenschaften an einer amerikanische Uni und in diese Wissenschaftswelt musste ich erstmal ein bissle reinkommen, weil ich mich da nicht wirklich gut auskenne. Aber die Autorin schafft es recht schnell mir klar zu machen, auf was es in diesem Umfeld ankommt. Alle Figuren fand ich toll, alle sind nicht nur eindimensional gut und toll, sondern durchaus vielschichtig und herrlich divers. Es gibt also nicht nur weiße, heterosexuelle Figuren, sonder das geht durch diverse Nationalitäten und Sexualitäten, ohne, dass das ein Riesenthema ist - wird eher am Rande miterzählt, weil es ja eben normal ist. Die Fake-Dating-Geschichte wird dann schnell - wer hätte es gedacht - zu echten Gefühlen, aber die Entwicklung wird nachvollziehbar erzählt und nicht zu holterdipolter. Dabei gibt es jede Menge nette Szenen - die Sonnencreme-Szene zum …

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0 stars, totally not an amazing book, i did not screech a concerning amount of times into my pillow during this reading endeavor…

somebody sedate me

update:(i was actually having a high fever and extremely nauseous while reading this book to the point where i do not remember clearly what happens in it, soooo dubious rating)

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