Review: Love, Theoretically

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

DNF

if i could give this book zero stars, i would. love, theoretically was an absolute disappointment. what started as a mildly cute, nerdy romance quickly devolved into one of the most gratuitously oversexualized stories i’ve ever read. the moment the characters admitted their feelings should’ve been the end. it had potential to be a short, sweet love story. but no. instead, the plot screeches to a halt and turns into pages and pages of painfully detailed, cringeworthy sex scenes.

personally i didn’t like/want/expect to read all that. i honestly felt sick trying to get through it. i ended up skipping entire chunks of the book just trying to avoid another graphic encounter, but they just kept coming. eventually i gave up entirely. i don’t know what audience this was meant for, but it sure wasn’t for me lol.

in my opinion, the author should’ve ended the book when the job didn’t pan out. period. everything after that felt like fanfic gone horribly wrong. if you’re into theoretical physics—or any science at all—and hoping for a lighthearted, stem-themed rom-com, look elsewhere. this isn’t it. and if you have even the slightest aversion to explicit content (like i do), steer clear. i wish someone had warned me or i would’ve read more reviews about this one before i nearly hurled on my kindle.

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