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clare_tan_wenhui's review
3.0
Bite-sized short stories about modern dating told in a quirky manner. Yes after a while some of them get a bit repetitive, despite how their outcomes differ. Thankfully the quirkiness manages to keep the reader interested enough.
jakennedy's review against another edition
4.0
The Hypothetical Girl is first time i didn't finish a collection of stories feeling aggravated. I finish one and am left feeling cheated. The stories are too short and i never got to love (or hate) the characters. Hypothetical Girl changed that. Each story was the perfect length and is organized around the central theme of searching for love in the online dating world. You see the up's, down's, mishaps and relatable thoughts we've all had when it comes to relationships. It's short and rewarding read. Highly recommend!
kellylynnthomas's review against another edition
4.0
This book has a great cover, to start. Not every story is equally good, but a few them are knock-your-socks off good. Almost every one deals with online dating in some way, usually to funny effect. I guess you could describe these stories as literary chick lit? They were loaded with sarcasm and irony, which I usually like.
snowbenton's review
4.0
For the most part, this collection of stories is just light enough to keep you skimming across the page (I read it in a day) but with just enough depth to make you pause at times to think.
I liked the theme of modern romance, and that most of the characters were middle aged. It added depth, but also a lot of unexpected heaviness. Cohen is a great writer, and "Love Quiz" will haunt me for a very long time.
I liked the theme of modern romance, and that most of the characters were middle aged. It added depth, but also a lot of unexpected heaviness. Cohen is a great writer, and "Love Quiz" will haunt me for a very long time.
larisajane's review against another edition
4.0
Okay yes, these stories are all similar and revolve around online dating but i loved them and I loved the writings. The last one was weird but here we are. It’s short and an easy read but I love short stories so maybe that’s why I enjoyed this one more than apparently everyone else.
thefictionaddictionblog's review against another edition
5.0
The Hypothetical Girl by Elizabeth Cohen is a collection of short stories of love, identity and internet.
Each character is looking for love online, usually a transformative love that will solve everything and bring brilliance to the mundane. They each want so very desperately to meet and connect with someone else online.
There’s a hint of the bizarre running through the book, but isn’t meeting and falling in love kind of bizarre anyway? Cohen’s characters pretend to be Icelandic yak farmers while living a perfectly average life, or pretend a normal life over unpleasant circumstances. They pretend, through the magic of online profiles and early conversations, to be just slightly better than they are. Each story plays on the themes of misrepresenting oneself and of discovering something unexpected. I don’t want to recap any one of the short stories because I think a summary of events would miss the real point.
Full Review at The Hypothetical Girl :: Simpson's Paradox
Each character is looking for love online, usually a transformative love that will solve everything and bring brilliance to the mundane. They each want so very desperately to meet and connect with someone else online.
There’s a hint of the bizarre running through the book, but isn’t meeting and falling in love kind of bizarre anyway? Cohen’s characters pretend to be Icelandic yak farmers while living a perfectly average life, or pretend a normal life over unpleasant circumstances. They pretend, through the magic of online profiles and early conversations, to be just slightly better than they are. Each story plays on the themes of misrepresenting oneself and of discovering something unexpected. I don’t want to recap any one of the short stories because I think a summary of events would miss the real point.
Full Review at The Hypothetical Girl :: Simpson's Paradox
psalmcat's review against another edition
3.0
This is going in the "unfinished" pile because there is no way I'm going to finish it. My Nook died last month, and I'm not going to get a chance to deal with it for the foreseeable future.
Good stories. A bit odd, but definitely fun.
Good stories. A bit odd, but definitely fun.
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