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Na samą myśl o tobie by Robinne Lee

10 reviews

kelly_e's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Title: The Idea of You
Author: Robinne Lee
Genre: Romance
Rating: 3.50
Pub Date: June 13, 2017

T H R E E • W O R D S

Juicy • Angsty • Intense

📖 S Y N O P S I S

When Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of a prestigious art gallery in Los Angeles, takes her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band, she does so reluctantly and at her ex-husband’s request. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things.

What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as Solène and Hayes navigate each other’s disparate worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami. And for Solène, it is as much a reclaiming of self, as it is a rediscovery of happiness and love. When their romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fans and an insatiable media, Solène must face how her new status has impacted not only her life, but the lives of those closest to her.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Since her Princess Diaries days, I have always been an Anne Hathaway fan, so when I learned she'd be Solène in the movie adaptation of The Idea of You I added the book to my TBR. It also came highly recommended by several bookish friends and I knew summer time would be the perfect time to finally pick it up.

What started out highly engaging, soon turned to the same thing happening - them meeting up in a different city and having sex - from one chapter to the next. There is no denying the potential of the story, yet it lacked substance and I simply got bored with the repetitiveness of the the plot. The way the sex overtakes the narrative was disappointing.

I also had a hard time making a connection with the world they are living in. There is a lot of glitz, glamour, and privilege within the celebrity lifestyle, the L.A. setting, and all of the jet setting for their meetups, which makes their world seem way out of grasp.

Overall, The Idea of You had the makings of a smash hit, yet unfortunately it lacked the necessary substance. Despite making total sense, the ending was so abrupt I didn't actually believe it was the end. I did appreciate the author choosing to have the woman be the older of the two characters, and I'll be interested to watch the movie to see my thoughts on it.

📚 R E A D • I F • Y O U • L I K E
• age-gap
• boy bands
• secret trysts

⚠️ CW: sexual content, divorce, bullying, stalking, alcohol, sexual harassment, cursing, suicide attempt, self-harm, injury/injury detail, blood, pregnancy, panic attacks/disorders

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Love, she said, was not always perfect, and not exactly how you expected it to be. But when it descended upon you, there was no controlling it."

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lauren_shilling's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is absolutely a five star review, but I want to start it off by saying that this is not at all a perfect book. However, I loved it so much, and I think it deserves five stars for the emotional response I had to it. Sometimes you just have to give a book five stars for the reading experience, not the book itself, because in the end, to me the experience is the most important part of reading. I wanted the movie with a friend and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it, so I wanted to read the book. The book surprised me, because the tone is very different than the movie. To me, this book is less of a romance and more of a contemporary story that happens to center on two people falling in love, if that makes sense. It also feels intelligently written to me. The author clearly has a well rounded view of humanity in general, as well as fame and how it can be both positive and negative, and I really enjoyed unpacking it all. There were a few plot points that bothered me because it felt like we weren't treating them with the full range of emotions and impacts they should have, but overall, I feel like it was written by an intelligent person with intelligent thoughts about the subject matter discussed and the characters the book centered on. I also really enjoyed learning about the dynamics between certain characters, including Solene and her ex-husband, Solene and her daughter, Hayes and Oliver (though I'd have loved to get more information about this, but I also understand why we didn't), and the band in general. I found all of the characters to be well rounded and consistent, and they felt very real to me. I felt a whole range of emotions reading this book too. I really loved it, and though it isn't perfect, I enjoyed it very deeply. It gave me one of the best reading experiences I've had in a while. It also got me out of my reading slump, which was had been dragging on for almost four months now, so I am very grateful for that!

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mrsmoy's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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jamie_rich's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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shamelesslyash's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I would like to personally thank Robinne Lee for ruining my life by writing a story so intensely close to my fangirl daydreams that I fear I will never, ever recover.

“The Idea of You” did me in. I knew from the moment I discovered who the book was inspired by (iykyk), that I would have a total book hangover from it. For this reason, I think I put off reading it for awhile. Allowed myself some time to come to terms with… the idea of it.

The idea being that the FMC, a divorced mother of a tween, gets completely swept up in a globetrotting, all-consuming romance with the 20-year-old lead singer of the hottest boyband in the world. The very same one that her daughter is infatuated with.

Even if this wasn’t about Harry Styles—I mean, Hayes Campbell—I would have devoured it. Lee’s writing is so hypnotic, emotional, sexy, candid, witty, zealous. It felt like reading very well-written gossip, a fever dream, how the pages oozed with fame and lust and heartbreak and fantasy. The characters and their thoughts melting into your skin.

Time ceased to exist while reading this, and yet also caught up with me far too soon as I began to reach the end. Why must stories like these end? It’s really quite rude, but I guess I’ll live to read another day, somehow.

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