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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Jennifer E. Smith

Start date: August 1, 2013

Finish date: August 30, 2013

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Mar 10, 2013 Danae rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2013

Hadley lost her plane for London. She is supposed to attend to her father's wedding. Her father left her mother for Charlotte, the woman he is now getting married with. Hadley haven't met him for a year. They just talk over the phone and she never visits.
After she lost her plane she has to wait for 3 hours in the airport. And then she meets HIM. OLiver. And in 24 hours everything change. Can you fall in love in one day ? If you have asked me before i read this i would have said no, now I can on ...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Justin rated it it was amazing

The Statistical Probability is such a simple story, but the messages in it are extremely powerful. It's one of those books that can make you step back and look at things from different perspectives.

Hadley and Oliver are two of the best characters I have come across lately. You can very easily become attached to them, and in my opinion they are extremely real characters. I never felt that anything that happened between them is something that couldn't happen between two everyday people. I also rea The Statistical Probability is such a simple story, but the messages in it are extremely powerful. It's one of those books that can make you step back and look at things from different perspectives.

Hadley and Oliver are two of the best characters I have come across lately. You can very easily become attached to them, and in my opinion they are extremely real characters. I never felt that anything that happened between them is something that couldn't happen between two everyday people. I also really liked the parents in this story, usually in stories like this I end up disliking one of the parents, but they both had great roles in Hadleys life. There was just so much about them that I really liked. The side characters in this book add a ton of extra life to it, you don't really get to know any of them but they are around long enough to really grow on you.

When it comes to stories like this, I look for it to be believable and for it not to be extremely cliche. Don't get me wrong, the book has plenty of the cute cliche moments.. I just feel like as a whole, it was a very well written story. Everyone (I would imagine...) thinks about some of the things talked about in this book, everyone that hasn't found that special someone wonders how it will eventually come along. No matter what it takes to get there.

The ending of the story, while predictable was really sweet. I loved how things came to a close, I wish there would of been a little more information as to what happened with some of the characters. I was pleased though, each aspect of the story was wrapped up, regardless of if it's what you had expected or not.

This book is an easy 5 stars for me, it's such a sweet story and I feel like it has one of those messages wrapped in it, making it a book everyone should read at least once. I know it's not going to be something for everyone, but I highly suggest this book to anyone that enjoys sweet and heartfelt stories. It's become one of my favorite Contemporary books.

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Jun 01, 2012 Katie_la_geek rated it really liked it

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I adored this book, I thought it was amazing and I connected with it on so many levels. This book is not just about romance despite the name, blurb and cover this book is more about families, and how you cope with the fall out if one of your parents moves on.

I was a few years younger than Hadley when my dad left mum and me for another woman. He moved across the country and left my mum and me alone. I was devastated, I cried for days and it hurt so much. I wo For this review and more visit my blog

I adored this book, I thought it was amazing and I connected with it on so many levels. This book is not just about romance despite the name, blurb and cover this book is more about families, and how you cope with the fall out if one of your parents moves on.

I was a few years younger than Hadley when my dad left mum and me for another woman. He moved across the country and left my mum and me alone. I was devastated, I cried for days and it hurt so much. I wondered why I wasn’t good enough, wondered if he loved this woman more than me. My mum was a mess she was angry and bitter and I didn’t know how to react. It was a shitty thing for him to do and for a few years I thought I hated him. I was horrible to him, refused to communicate on any level with his girlfriend and was generally a bit of a bitch. Now in my twenties everything is fine. I love my dad and I forgive him, I think him leaving was probably for the best and we have a great relationship now but for a while, in my teens things were tense.

I feel like this book reached into me and put all my thoughts and feelings on a page. At times it was like reading a auto biography of my 15 year old self. Hadley takes a journey through this book, a journey I think a lot of us have to take at that age and I related to it a lot. This book was handled with such care, it was no overdone, and the drama was not too much. It was just right.

The writing in this is exquisite, the descriptions and dialogue is top notch and I read the whole thing in a night. It was engaging and entertaining throughout.

I loved the characters. Hadley was a lovely and mostly sweet girl who I connected with instantly. Oliver was charming, funny and adorable. The chemistry and dialogue between them was effortless and I fell in love with them as a couple and as individuals. In parts it was hopelessly romantic and it made me smile with its cuteness all through the book.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is the most adorable and sweet book I have read in a long time. I loved every second of it and it is beyond doubt the best contemporary book I have read in 2012.

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Nov 25, 2011 Grace rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reread

This is one of my favorite YA contemporary novels! This is my fifth time reading it and I'm still as enamored with it as the first time I read it six years ago. It's one of the sweetest, most unique, most meaningful stories I've read. I love Hadley and Oliver so much, and Jennifer is such a beautiful storyteller! ...more

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