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The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

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vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I hated this book. God, the only thing that I liked about this book was the fact that Hayes bought a painting that Solene liked, and had it shipped to her house but other than that? ASS.

All Solene does is make fun of little girls (who are the same age as her daughter) and calling them “girls in heat”. Like this 40-year old is telling her daughter to not feel like she shouldn’t exist because she’s a girl, she then goes on and judges little girls. She has an existential crisis about not being visible because of her age which is why Solene is adamant in having her daughter feel comfortable but then you go on and be the people who put down girls. What the actual fuck?? I kid you not she calls little fucking girls, bitches and that’s what enraged me. All because she didn’t like that they were sending her threats. She groups every fan as those “bitches” forgetting that her own daughter is included in that.

Then Solene has a weird obsession with Hayes’ age where she says things like “it was both horrifying and impressive.” after he talked about being groomed. And also, how she’s impressed that a 20 year old is able to last longer than most of her flings like she is comparing him to her college flings. She’s also mentioning the fact that he will dump his used condom while rolling a new one. The fuck? And don’t get me started at Solene constantly calling Hayes a boy. She would say “oh, sweet boy” like he’s her child but then she’s saying things about how she feels old with him. Like she gets mad that her husband is dating someone younger than her and also gets upset that she can’t date someone younger without society looking down upon her when she could just fucking embrace it. Fucking god. OH, and they constantly say “hi” and “hi” made me want to rip my hair off.

This story also doesn’t have any plot because it’s just Hayes and her running around to fuck and yeah I kept groaning. They’re not a good couple just cause they have mind-blowing sex. Actually, I lied. There is a plot. The plot? Was not hurting her daughter. And what do they do? Hurt the daughter. And what does Solene do when her daughter finds out? She tells her daughter that she doesn’t love him the way she does basically downplaying her emotions. You’re the mom and you’re going to tell your daughter how she feels. I get it, she’s 13 years old but when I was 13 the things I felt were intensified and for her to downplay it just angered me. What kind of shitty mom is she? And the fact that I would be the same age as the daughter and my mom would be the same as Solene so my anger just intensified. Like she’s a fucking shitty ass mom, I don’t care. And I was listening to the audiobook but man I feel bad for those people who don’t know French cause I barely understood what they said.

But the thing that angered me about this book was the author. UGH!!!!! The things I found out about the author just made me irritated to read this book but I wanted background noise. For starters, shge hates that women’s works are called fanfiction while men’s works aren’t which is valid, however, to take an EXTREMELY popular trope from fanfiction, take inspiration not just from Harry Styles supposedly even though it feels like a Harry Styles fanfic, and then write a somewhat self-insert about you being 40 and dating a musician then people would start calling it fanfiction. And to have the gall to cry about your story being called a fanfiction and a romance when it’s been commercialized as a romance while you did nothing to stop it or correct it, is fucking hilarious. As someone who wants to get into writing, the way you need to get a literary agent all depends on the genre. If you write a fantasy, then find a fantasy agent and it seems as if she didn’t do that. Talk to your agent, the company producing your books, literally anyone so that when it’s being put into shelves it’s not categorized as such. I get romances have rules I don’t like happy endings but to go crying to a journalist about the category is so pathetic. This book is absolute garbage and for her to go on and say that she likes literary fiction and that’s why her books is a literary fiction when it’s mostly romance (sex) oriented is fucking laughable.

I don’t fucking know why I even read this book. Maybe it’s the spirit of Halloween that got me but man do I regret reading this book.

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luxxltyd's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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jasonpatrickg's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I read this after watching the movie and while I liked both, I liked this even more. Great writing with wonderful description of Solene’s emotions as she falls in love with a man half her age.

Very steamy, if that’s your thing.

The intentional but subliminal commentary on age gap relationships and the double standard when a man vs. a woman is the older partner was really interesting.

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mimlleigh's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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britishbelle's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

1.0

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kathyv's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

2.0

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tehstorm's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.0

I am so annoyed at this book. Mostly at Solène.

At the beginning, I was mostly annoyed at how often she was talking about their age gap. He seemed pretty mature for a 20 year old, she was the one with an issue with it for seemingly no reason. But then through the whole book she was just determined to never actually make the relationship work. Between always griping about the age gap, and then being weird about Hayes being in a boy band. And refusing to tell her daughter she was dating Hayes until way too late and then broke her daughter's heart. She was just like "la di da no one will find me.” And then is all shocked when people find her or torture her daughter about her relationship or when photographers take photos of them out on a boat. She's an incredibly smart person but yet so stupid. If she had actually committed to the relationship and thought through what it would mean in the beginning she would have been able to properly plan for what was (predictably) coming and it might not have hit as hard or destroyed her as much. It still would have been very hard- public scrutiny, paparazzi, and toxic parasocial relationships are horrible. But things like security cameras at home, security personnel, no sex acts on a boat when there's another boat nearby... all would have helped prevent a lot of heartache. Hayes had enough money to give them a lot more protection, if you'd just accept his help and acknowledge that you're in a relationship with him. It also would have helped if both of them had actually said something about the relationship to the world instead of letting it fester. He could have told his fans to leave her and Isabelle alone. And Solène had an opportunity to come out and to be a strong feminist about it. Old men date young women all the time and no one cares. Make a statement and be like "ya, i'm awesome. i'm getting what i want. i'm successful. Women can be 40 and still desirable.” Work with it! I feel like she went through no growth whatsoever and refused to take her life into her own hands. Also, so many comments about his youthful skin 🤢 Some things Hayes did crossed some lines, but not to an unforgivable point. And he was trying and putting in effort and growing.

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kdailyreads's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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erikaraz's review against another edition

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Age gap was so uncomfortable and the fact that this is so obviously One Direction Fanfic makes me want to barf. Harry Styles must feel so objectified by this author. 🤮🤮🤮

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blumerlamotte's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

O! M! G!

I thought I was getting into a sweet, carefree rom-com of a novel. I was looking forward to a light story about a mature woman dating a much younger man. I was excited to see the traditional roles of older men with younger women be turned upside down with gender role reversal.

Instead... What I got... 👀

An enthralling, deeply layered and all encompassing commentary on what it's like to be an aging woman in a society that seems to cease seeing us women as we glide into our 40s.

An explicit and sexy story about female sexuality and being comfortable in one's own skin that only comes with life's experiences.

A tender, humorous and touching love story.

This novel has left me emotional and sadly I can't say much more than that without accidentally giving away parts of the story.

Highly recommend the story. 18+ readers only ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❣️

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