Reading Diary #4 | The Love Hypothesis


(English)

Hello, readers! ๐Ÿค— By this point, we've realised that saying we're "enjoying" The Love Hypothesis would be a massive understatement.

๐Ÿ“– Reading Progress

✔️ Chapter 10
✔️ Chapter 11
✔️ Chapter 12
✔️ Chapter 13
✔️ Chapter 14
✔️ Chapter 15
✔️ Chapter 16
✔️ Chapter 17

We're completely addicted to the drama!

Our original plan was to read a few chapters a day and take our time working our way through the story. Since we're slower readers, we didn't want to put unnecessary pressure on ourselves.

The reality? We're devouring chapters, yelling at fictional characters and looking at each other every time something unexpected happens.

And chapters 10 through 17 gave us a lot to talk about. ๐Ÿ‘€

 

๐Ÿ’• Olive finally admits what we all already knew

Let's start with the most important thing.

Olive finally admits that she's in love with Adam.

HALLELUJAH! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

After so many chapters where we, as readers, were basically screaming at her to realise the obvious, we finally have confirmation.

And we particularly loved her conversation with Malcolm.

Malcolm is simply the sweetest. ๐Ÿฅน He's that friend who seems to understand exactly what's going on, even when the person involved is still trying to convince themselves that they don't feel what they very obviously feel.

Olive admits that she's in love with Adam, that she's undeniably physically attracted to him, but also that his absence is starting to affect her much more than she'd like to admit.

The problem? Adam apparently hasn't received the memo yet. And of course, he has absolutely no interest in her. (Or at least, that's what Olive thinks. ๐Ÿ˜‚)

 

๐Ÿ˜‚ The biggest misunderstanding in the book so far

In the following chapter, Adam shows up right when Olive is talking to Malcolm about being in love with someone.

And, of course, he hears just enough to come to the completely wrong conclusion.

Because apparently Olive can't simply say, "Adam, I'm in love with you", and solve the situation like a normal person.

Oh no! We have to suffer first, obviously. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Adam apparently assumes she's talking about Jeremy and all we could think was:

 

ADAM. IT'S YOU. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU!!!!!!

Meanwhile, we get to know Holden, Adam's longtime best friend, a little better, and we quickly realise that he's another character that's impossible not to love.

Dr. Rodriguez is officially approved by us. ๐Ÿค

There's something about his personality that immediately gives off the vibe of someone who's easygoing, fun and genuinely cares about his friends.

We also start noticing some interesting tension between Holden and Tom.

At first, we weren't exactly sure what to make of it. Could it be jealousy over the relationship they both have with Adam? A competition for the title of best friend?

But we started getting... suspicious. ๐Ÿ‘€

 

๐Ÿฅค Messages that couldn't be more obvious!

Adam. My dear Adam!

Sending Olive a picture of that ridiculously sugary drink you know she loves, asking if you can get it through airport security and then saying:

"I wish you were here."

And expecting her to immediately realise that you're in love with her, might be asking a little too much of Olive. ๐Ÿ˜‚

It's impossible not to look at these two and think:

How can they be so incredibly intelligent professionally and yet so absolutely useless when it comes to their own feelings?

The chemistry between them is becoming more and more obvious, and we're simply sitting in the front row watching this romantic disaster unfold. ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ˜‚

 

๐ŸŽค Harvard, the conference and an Olive who continues to surprise us

When we get to the conference, we once again understand why Olive is such an easy character to admire.

She's young, but incredibly intelligent and capable, and being invited to give a presentation at a scientific conference is a huge achievement.

Her supervisor is genuinely proud of her and even gives her one of our favourite lines so far:

"Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man."

Honestly? We'd frame it or embroider it onto a T-shirt ๐Ÿคญ.

And Adam, being Adam, also offers to help her prepare her presentation.

Because he can pretend this relationship is fake all he wants, but we see you, Adam. ๐Ÿ‘€

 

๐Ÿ› Two Beds? Or a rom-com moment?

When Olive realises she's been left without accommodation for the conference, we already knew exactly where this was going. Adam offers her his room, which, of course, has two beds.

TWO!

But of course, that didn't stop anything. ๐Ÿ˜

 

๐Ÿ˜ก Tom. Just... Tom.

And then we get to the moment that genuinely made us uncomfortable.

Up until this point, we actually quite liked Tom. He seemed like an interesting, competent character with the potential to be a positive presence in the story.

Well. We take back everything we said.

After Olive's presentation, Tom approaches her and makes a move on her. We were right about there being a love triangle, but it definitely isn't mutual.

When she rejects him, his personality completely changes. And what follows is simply awful.

He attacks her work, dismisses her presentation and starts implying that she only got the opportunity because she slept with Adam. And, of course, that if she's "good" to him at Harvard, she'll get everything she wants.

It was one of those moments when we genuinely wanted to jump into the book and get Olive out of there.

It's not just the insult.

It's the way he tries to use a professional situation to humiliate her and make her doubt herself.

And, even worse, it's clear that Olive was never really the problem.

It's Adam.

There's an enormous amount of resentment and jealousy there, and unfortunately, she's the one who ends up paying the price. Tom only wants Olive because he thinks Adam has her.

Olive is completely terrified at the thought of telling Adam. And it was probably one of the hardest parts of these chapters to read.

Because she did nothing wrong. She worked for it. She deserved to be at that conference. She deserved that opportunity and that recognition.

And yet, someone managed to make her feel like she had to justify every achievement.

It was infuriating.

 

๐Ÿค Adam, the person she needed in that moment

And then Adam shows up, immediately realising that something is wrong. Olive tries to explain what happened without telling him everything and, once again, Adam does what he seems to do best: he stands by her.

Instead of insisting on going to the networking party, he takes her out to dinner.

Because apparently Adam Carlsen can intimidate practically the entire scientific community, but he can't stand by and watch Olive suffer. ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿฅบ

And honestly, that's exactly what she needed.

 

๐Ÿฟ The most rom-com night ever

After dinner, they end up back in the room.

Movie. Missing pyjamas. Adam lending her a T-shirt. Olive appearing in his T-shirt.

And us:

 

The tension between these two was already reaching completely ridiculous levels.

And then the kiss we had been waiting for finally happens.

After so many chapters of fake dating, tension, lingering looks, being constantly close to each other and an absurd amount of denial…

Finally!

And let's just say that Chapter 16 is definitely the spicy chapter. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ”ฅ

We particularly loved it because, despite being quite an intense scene, it still feels very much like them. Olive is still Olive, and Adam is still saying completely ridiculous things whenever he loses his composure. ๐Ÿคญ Absolutely loved it!

 

๐Ÿ’” And then we get to Chapter 17...

And the happiness lasts approximately five minutes, because we finally start to realise what we'd already suspected: Adam might be heading to Harvard.

And worse? He might end up working more closely with Tom.

Olive's reaction was probably exactly the same as ours. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

After everything that happened, after that moment between them…

Now we have this?

And on top of that, she doesn't want to accept the opportunity to work with Tom, while Adam seems increasingly likely to go to Harvard.

And that thought Olive has about this possibly being their last night together? ๐Ÿ’”

She wants Adam to succeed and genuinely wants him to go to Harvard and have the career he deserves. But at the same time, she's convinced that this means losing him.

 

๐Ÿฅน We're emotionally invested

Olive and Adam have incredible chemistry, and we love that their relationship has developed slowly rather than simply appearing out of nowhere. It's not official yet, of course, but it's inevitable that they're going to start dating... right?

We also really love the way the story combines the romance with Olive's academic life. She doesn't exist simply to be "the girl who's in love with Adam."

She's intelligent, ambitious and incredibly dedicated to her work.

And that's precisely why the situation with Tom made us so angry.

Right now, we want three things:

  1. For Olive to finally realise that Adam is completely in love with her.
  2. For Adam to realise that Olive is completely in love with him.
  3. For Tom to jump off a cliff. Seems reasonable to us. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป‍♂️

 

⭐ Current rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (completely obsessed)

๐Ÿ’ญ Current theory: We don't have one for now. We're completely in the dark.

 

What could the next chapters possibly have in store for us?

Lots of love, everyone! And happy reading! ๐Ÿค



(Portuguรชs)

Olรก, leitores! ๐Ÿค— Por esta altura, jรก percebemos que dizer que estamos “a gostar” de A Hipรณtese do Amor รฉ um eufemismo.

๐Ÿ“– Progresso da leitura

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 10

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 11

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 12

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 13

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 14

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 15

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 16

     ✔️ Capรญtulo 17

Estamos completamente viciados no drama!

A ideia inicial era lermos alguns capรญtulos por dia e irmos avanรงando calmamente pela histรณria. Como somos leitores mais lentos, nรฃo quisemos estar a aumentar a pressรฃo desnecessariamente.

A realidade? Estamos a devorar capรญtulos, a gritar com personagens fictรญcias e a olhar um para o outro sempre que acontece alguma coisa inesperada.

E os capรญtulos 10 a 17 deram-nos muita coisa para discutir. ๐Ÿ‘€


๐Ÿ’• A Olive finalmente admite aquilo que todos nรณs jรก sabรญamos

Vamos comeรงar pelo mais importante.

A Olive finalmente admite que estรก apaixonada pelo Adam.

ALELUIA! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Depois de tantos capรญtulos em que nรณs, leitores, jรก estรกvamos basicamente aos gritos para ela perceber o รณbvio, finalmente temos a confirmaรงรฃo.

E adorรกmos particularmente a conversa dela com o Malcolm.

O Malcolm รฉ simplesmente um amor. ๐Ÿฅน ร‰ aquele amigo que parece perceber exatamente o que se estรก a passar, mesmo quando a prรณpria pessoa envolvida ainda estรก a tentar convencer-se de que nรฃo sente aquilo que claramente sente.

A Olive admite que estรก apaixonada pelo Adam, que sente uma atraรงรฃo fรญsica muito รณbvia por ele, mas tambรฉm que a ausรชncia dele comeรงa a afetรก-la muito mais do que gostaria de admitir.

O problema? O Adam aparentemente ainda nรฃo recebeu o memorando. E claro, nรฃo tem qualquer interesse nela. (Ou pelo menos รฉ isso que a Olive pensa. ๐Ÿ˜‚)


๐Ÿ˜‚ O maior mal-entendido do livro atรฉ agora

No capรญtulo seguinte, o Adam aparece precisamente quando a Olive estรก a falar com o Malcolm sobre estar apaixonada por alguรฉm.

E, claro, ele ouve apenas o suficiente para tirar a conclusรฃo errada.

Porque aparentemente a Olive nรฃo pode simplesmente dizer “Adam, estou apaixonada por ti” e resolver a situaรงรฃo como uma pessoa normal.

Oh nรฃo! Temos de sofrer primeiro, claro. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

O Adam aparentemente assume que ela estรก a falar do Jeremy e nรณs sรณ conseguimos pensar:

ADAM. ร‰S TU. ELA ESTร A FALAR DE TI!!!!!!

Entretanto, conhecemos melhor o Holden, o melhor amigo de longa data do Adam, e rapidamente percebemos que ele รฉ outra personagem impossรญvel de nรฃo adorar.

Dr. Rodriguez, estรก oficialmente aprovado por nรณs. ๐Ÿค

Hรก qualquer coisa na personalidade dele que transmite imediatamente aquela sensaรงรฃo de pessoa confortรกvel, divertida e genuinamente preocupada com os amigos.

E tambรฉm comeรงamos a perceber que existe alguma tensรฃo interessante entre o Holden e o Tom.

Na altura ainda nรฃo sabรญamos exatamente o que pensar. Seriam ciรบmes da relaรงรฃo que ambos tรชm com o Adam? Uma competiรงรฃo pelo posto de melhor amigo?

Mas comeรงรกmos a ficar… com a pulga atrรกs da orelha.


๐Ÿฅค Mensagens mais do que รณbvias!

Adam. Meu querido Adam!

Mandar uma fotografia daquela bebida cheia de aรงรบcar que sabes que a Olive adora, perguntar se consegues fazรช-la passar pelo aviรฃo e depois dizer:

“Quem me dera que estivesses aqui.”

E esperar que ela perceba imediatamente que estรกs apaixonado por ela, seria talvez pedir demasiado ร  Olive. ๐Ÿ˜‚

ร‰ impossรญvel nรฃo olhar para estes dois e pensar:

Como รฉ que conseguem ser tรฃo inteligentes profissionalmente e tรฃo absolutamente inรบteis quando o assunto sรฃo os prรณprios sentimentos?

A quรญmica entre eles estรก cada vez mais evidente e nรณs estamos simplesmente a assistir ao desastre amoroso na primeira fila. ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ˜‚


๐ŸŽค Harvard, a conferรชncia e uma Olive que continua a surpreender-nos

Quando chegamos ร  conferรชncia, percebemos mais uma vez porque รฉ que a Olive รฉ uma personagem tรฃo fรกcil de admirar.

Ela รฉ jovem, mas extremamente inteligente e competente, e ser convidada para dar uma palestra numa conferรชncia cientรญfica รฉ uma conquista enorme.

A responsรกvel dela estรก genuinamente orgulhosa e ainda lhe deixa uma das frases que mais gostรกmos atรฉ agora:

“Age com a confianรงa de um homem branco medรญocre.”

Honestamente? Emoldurรกvamos ou bordavamos numa t-shirt ๐Ÿคญ.

E o Adam, sendo Adam, tambรฉm se oferece para ajudรก-la a preparar a apresentaรงรฃo.

Porque ele pode fingir que esta relaรงรฃo รฉ falsa o quanto quiser, mas nรณs estamos a ver-te, Adam. ๐Ÿ‘€


๐Ÿ› Duas camas? Ou momento rom-com?

Quando a Olive percebe que ficou sem alojamento para a conferรชncia, nรณs jรก sabรญamos exatamente para onde isto ia. O Adam oferece-lhe o quarto, que claro tem duas camas.

DUAS!

Mas claro que isso nรฃo impediu nada ๐Ÿ˜.


๐Ÿ˜ก Tom. Simplesmente Tom.

E depois chegamos ao momento que nos deixou genuinamente desconfortรกveis.

Atรฉ aqui, gostรกvamos bastante do Tom. Parecia uma personagem interessante, competente e com potencial para ser uma presenรงa positiva na histรณria.

Pois. Retiramos tudo o que dissemos. 

Depois da apresentaรงรฃo da Olive, o Tom aproxima-se dela e tenta fazer-se a ela. Acertamos na parte de que haveria um triรขngulo, mas nรฃo รฉ recรญproco.

Quando ela o rejeita, a personalidade dele muda completamente. E aquilo que se segue รฉ simplesmente horrรญvel.

Ele ataca o trabalho dela, desvaloriza a apresentaรงรฃo e comeรงa a insinuar que ela sรณ conseguiu aquela oportunidade, porque dormiu com o Adam. E claro, que se ela for "boa" para ele em Harvard, vai ter tudo o que deseja.

Foi um daqueles momentos em que tivemos mesmo vontade de entrar no livro e tirar a Olive dali.

Nรฃo รฉ apenas o insulto.

ร‰ a forma como ele tenta usar uma situaรงรฃo profissional para humilhรก-la e fazer com que ela duvide de si prรณpria.

E, pior ainda, percebe-se que o problema dele nunca foi realmente a Olive.

ร‰ o Adam.

Hรก ali uma quantidade enorme de ressentimento e ciรบme, e infelizmente quem acaba por pagar รฉ ela. O Tom sรณ a quer por pensar que o Adam a tem.

A Olive fica completamente aterrorizada com a possibilidade de contar ao Adam. E foi provavelmente uma das partes mais difรญceis de ler destes capรญtulos.

Porque ela nรฃo fez nada de errado. Ela trabalhou. Ela mereceu estar naquela conferรชncia. Ela mereceu aquela oportunidadee reconhecimento .

E, ainda assim, alguรฉm conseguiu fazรช-la sentir que tinha de justificar cada conquista.

Foi revoltante.


๐Ÿค Adam, a pessoa que ela precisava naquele momento

E entรฃo aparece o Adam que percebe imediatamente que alguma coisa estรก errada. A Olive tenta explicar o que aconteceu sem lhe contar tudo e, mais uma vez, o Adam faz aquilo que parece fazer melhor: fica do lado dela.

Em vez de insistir na festa de networking, leva-a a jantar.

Porque, aparentemente, o Adam Carlsen pode ser intimidante para praticamente toda a comunidade cientรญfica, mas nรฃo consegue deixar a Olive a sofrer. ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿฅบ

E, sinceramente, foi exatamente aquilo que ela precisava.


๐Ÿฟ A noite mais rom-com possรญvel

Depois do jantar, acabam no quarto.

Filme. Pijama desaparecido. O Adam a emprestar-lhe uma T-shirt. A Olive a aparecer com a T-shirt dele.

E nรณs:

A tensรฃo entre estes dois jรก estava a atingir nรญveis completamente ridรญculos.

E depois finalmente acontece o beijo que tanto esperรกvamos.

Depois de tantos capรญtulos de fake dating, tensรฃo, olhares, proximidade e uma quantidade absurda de negaรงรฃo…

Finalmente!

E vamos apenas dizer que o capรญtulo 16 รฉ, definitivamente, o capรญtulo spicy. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ”ฅ

Gostรกmos particularmente, porque, apesar de ser uma cena bastante intensa, continua a parecer muito deles. A Olive continua a ser a Olive, o Adam continua a dizer coisas completamente absurdas quando perde a compostura ๐Ÿคญ. Muito bom!


๐Ÿ’” E entรฃo chegamos ao capรญtulo 17...

E a felicidade dura aproximadamente cinco minutos, porque comeรงamos finalmente a perceber aquilo que jรก suspeitรกvamos: o Adam pode estar a caminho de Harvard.

E pior? Ele poderรก estar a trabalhar mais prรณximo do Tom.

A reaรงรฃo da Olive foi provavelmente a nossa tambรฉm. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Depois de tudo o que aconteceu, depois daquele momento entre eles…

Agora temos isto?

E ainda por cima ela nรฃo quer aceitar a oportunidade de trabalhar com o Tom, enquanto o Adam parece cada vez mais prรณximo de ir para Harvard.

E aquela reflexรฃo da Olive sobre aquela poder ser a รบltima noite deles juntos? ๐Ÿ’”

Ela quer que o Adam tenha sucesso e quer genuinamente que ele vรก para Harvard e tenha a carreira que merece. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, estรก convencida de que isso significa perdรช-lo.


๐Ÿฅน Estamos emocionalmente investidos

A Olive e o Adam tรชm uma quรญmica incrรญvel e adoramos que a relaรงรฃo tenha evoluรญdo lentamente, em vez de aparecer simplesmente do nada. Ainda nรฃo รฉ oficial, claro, mas รฉ inevitรกvel que comecem a namorar... certo?

Tambรฉm gostamos muito da forma como a histรณria mistura o romance com a vida acadรฉmica da Olive. Ela nรฃo existe apenas para ser “a rapariga que estรก apaixonada pelo Adam”.

Ela รฉ inteligente, ambiciosa e extremamente dedicada ao trabalho.

E รฉ precisamente por isso que a situaรงรฃo com o Tom nos deixou tรฃo irritados.

Neste momento, queremos trรชs coisas:

  1. Que a Olive perceba finalmente que o Adam estรก completamente apaixonado por ela.
  2. Que o Adam perceba que a Olive estรก completamente apaixonada por ele.
  3. Que o Tom salte de um penhasco. Parece-nos razoรกvel. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป‍♂️

⭐ Avaliaรงรฃo atual: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (completamente rendidos)

๐Ÿ’ญ Teoria atual: nรฃo temos nenhuma por agora. Estamos completamente ร s escuras.


O que serรก que os prรณximos capรญtulos nos reservam?

Beijinhos pessoal! E boas leituras! ๐Ÿค

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