Review of The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Hadley isn't sure if she believes in destiny or fate but, on what is potentially the worst day of each of their lives, it's the quirks of timing and chance events that mean Hadley meets Oliver...
Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.
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To start with, I shall
make two statements. I loved this book more than Anna and the French
Kiss. I will gush a lot. So now you're prepared for all the gushing,
I'll dive right it. This book was amazing. I can't pinpoint exactly
what made it so amazing but I know Oliver helped. He's British,
funny, a gentleman and has ACTUAL FEELINGS. A YA boy with a actual
feelings! Amazing.
Right, that's enough
gushing. I was expecting the majority of the book to be set on the
flight to London, so I was surprised when Hadley and Oliver suddenly
started getting off the plane. The book would have been weird if it
was all about the plane though, as I wouldn't have read about Hadley
seeing her Dad, which is supposed to be the focus of the story
(although I only cared about Oliver). When she got off the plane and
Oliver did what he did (WOW) and then suddenly disappeared, I was
like, NO! Where has he gone? Are we going to see him again? I
genuinely started panicking a bit as the story progressed and the
story didn't seem to be heading in an Oliver direction. I'll let you
find out for yourself if it does.
I just diverted
straight back to Oliver there, didn't I? As you can guess from the
cover and blurb, Hadley and Oliver fall in love quite quickly and I
was worried this would be quite unrealistic. It really wasn't though,
right from the beginning when Hadley first has an argument with a
lady about her bags, you can see just how well they fit together and
this continues on the plane ride.
As a side story, that's
actually meant to be the main focus at first, Hadley's Dad has moved
to England and is getting married to a new woman. Hadley feels deeply
betrayed by her Dad and when he was at home, he was the perfect Dad,
as shown in flashbacks every so often. He read her nearly all the
classics, and he gave her one classic that she hasn't read yet –
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. Hadley plans to shove this in
her Dad's face as soon as she gets to England, of course.
The main theme of the
book is basically 'What If?' If Hadley hadn't have missed her flight
by just four minutes, she would never had met Oliver and quite
frankly, the story as a whole would be rubbish.
5/5
5/5
You make it sounds SO good! :) I've heard lots of people rave about it and now you've convinced me to add it to my wish-list! (especially the part where you say you liked it more than Anna and the French Kiss, cause seriously, that book was AMAZING!) I'm glad to hear the falling in love over a plane ride wasn't unrealistic, cause I was kinda worried about that.
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I loved this book so much! And Oliver had a lot to do with it too... ;)But I completely agree with everything you said! Great review :)
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