From the (Sub) stacks: ‘The Love Hypothesis’ can’t cook up any chemistry
The Love Hypothesis is one of those strange stories that has become increasingly normalized in a media landscape that insists on sanding down rough edges and any hint of imperfections. Because really, whose adaptation is this?
The book started off a literal fan fiction written by women, with author Ali Hazelwood penning her own version of the Kylo Ren/Rey pairing that was never done justice, then taking it to an academia setting, where it proved shockingly effective at combining simmering, swoonworthy sexual tension with lab coats and scientific jargon. So why doesn’t this rom-com seem to like sex? Or women.
