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A review by mnboyer
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This reads like bad fanfiction for a majority of the book. Too much repetition, too much to be annoyed with, and yet... it was adapted into an almost watchable film (Anne Hathaway can save any film, to be honest).
Look, I love the concept.
I didn't love the execution.
As much as I kept trying to read this as the 'feminist' novel it was being pitched as (by some, not all, admittedly) I couldn't get there either. A strong feminist would have been like, hell yeah... I'm 49 and you're 20 but guess what, we're doing this! That's not what you get. You get a woman who keeps reminding us of the age gap (yeah... we get it!).
Look, I love the concept.
I didn't love the execution.
As much as I kept trying to read this as the 'feminist' novel it was being pitched as (by some, not all, admittedly) I couldn't get there either. A strong feminist would have been like, hell yeah... I'm 49 and you're 20 but guess what, we're doing this! That's not what you get. You get a woman who keeps reminding us of the age gap (yeah... we get it!).