If you’ve ever questioned fate, if you’ve ever wondered
“what if I’d done something different”, if you’ve ever wondered if the guy you
run into every day getting on the bus to go to work “might be the one”, then
this book is definitely for you.
Hey guys! Welcome to
another review! This time we’re going to
be talking about The Statistical
Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith.
Now let me just start out by saying that I had never read
any books by this author beforehand.
This was a book I picked up just because the premise caught me and
intrigued me. What if those four minutes
you took getting ready instead of running out and catching the bus, made a
difference? What if instead of eating
lunch at one particular restaurant, you went to the other instead? This book brings up a lot of the “what if”
questions about fate, life and love and pretty valid questions at that.
You begin the book with our main character Hadley Sullivan
questioning herself on a lot of what if’s and about fate in general. If she hadn’t done this, then this might have
happened. If she hadn’t done that, then
something else might have occurred.
Instead, she finds herself in an airport, too late to board her flight
to England and therefore she must wait to catch a later flight. This wouldn’t be such a problem except,
Hadley is on her way to England to be in her father’s wedding to a woman she’s
never met and holds some bitter resentment towards. Now because she’s missed her plane, she may
possibly be late for the wedding on the very next day. Hence her initial problem.
You get to find out a lot of history regarding her family
life and her father as she waits patiently for her next flight. You also get to meet her inflight partner, Oliver,
who is on his way to a “wedding” himself in London. Now normally, Hadley is rather claustrophobic,
and you find this out very early on. But
for some reason, being around Oliver and chit-chatting with him makes a
complete difference. Actually, it makes
her wait and her flight quite bearable.
They end up learning a lot about each other on that
particular flight and then things tend to progress in just a matter of mere
hours. Feelings are definitely key
within this time frame and things tend to come to a boiling point while waiting
in line to leave the airport. Sadly,
Hadley ends up losing Oliver and ends up going to the wedding with mere minutes
to spare, feeling very mixed up inside with everything going on in her
life.
I won’t give you all the details but I will tell you this, the
emotional pull within this book really spoke to me. I connected with Hadley’s character deeply
and the emotional rollercoaster and relationship with her father tugged at my
heartstrings. The ending, while predictable,
felt right for this particular story and I couldn’t help but fall in love with
it. What is the probability of love at first sight? We definitely find out in this one of a kind
read that will take you on both an emotional and heartfelt ride through
airports and through the streets of London.
I ended up giving this book a 5 out of 5 stars on GoodReads and will
definitely be picking up more books by this author.
Thanks guys for taking time out to read my review and I’ll
see you next time with another one!
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