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A review by rachelmerrie
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I initially gave this 3 stars, but the more I sat with it, the more I realized it’s 2 stars. Here are my messy notes I wrote while reading:
There’s a lot of hating on white men and women not getting access to the same things as men… but then the main female character finding out lack of access has nothing to do with gender. Of course, the author never circled back to that and left it as is to show that men still get more things than women in the work place (but not in this situation??)
Of course she’s SO short and dresses “quirky” and faints and cries over road kill. She’s all of the things.
Her ex is literal trash and that trope needs to die. He fed her meat (she’s vegan) and made her give names to the road kill AND cheated on her. He’s all of the things.
The main male character is SO tall and SO strong and SO smart and cooks and is vegan and drives an F150 because it’s “sustainable” and is athletic. He’s also all of the things.
Her wanting all women in her new office makes me sick.
“I can’t believe I’m having sex with someone with a six pack”
Main female character’s unawareness of main male character liking her is annoying.
“At least you have a shitty family to hold onto” - yes. Because having shitty toxic people around is better than having loving parents who died tragically.
Main female character walks out crying before conversation is done EVERY TIME.
Nothing happened in the middle
So much happened at the end
There’s a lot of hating on white men and women not getting access to the same things as men… but then the main female character finding out lack of access has nothing to do with gender. Of course, the author never circled back to that and left it as is to show that men still get more things than women in the work place (but not in this situation??)
Of course she’s SO short and dresses “quirky” and faints and cries over road kill. She’s all of the things.
Her ex is literal trash and that trope needs to die. He fed her meat (she’s vegan) and made her give names to the road kill AND cheated on her. He’s all of the things.
The main male character is SO tall and SO strong and SO smart and cooks and is vegan and drives an F150 because it’s “sustainable” and is athletic. He’s also all of the things.
Her wanting all women in her new office makes me sick.
“I can’t believe I’m having sex with someone with a six pack”
Main female character’s unawareness of main male character liking her is annoying.
“At least you have a shitty family to hold onto” - yes. Because having shitty toxic people around is better than having loving parents who died tragically.
Main female character walks out crying before conversation is done EVERY TIME.
Nothing happened in the middle
So much happened at the end