⭐️ Adaptation Review ⭐ The Idea of You Author: Robinne Lee May December meets Notting Hill I only heard about this book via the movie, which online rumblings plugged as Harry Styles fan-fic. Well…it kinda is. Both the book and the movie follow Solene, a single mom who’s just turned 40 who runs a bougie art gallery in LA. She takes her daughter (12 in the book 16 in the movie) to an August Moon concert where she meets the lead boy bander, Hayes (20 in the book, 24 in the movie). Outside of that the adaptation is wildly different. The screenwriter took “the idea” of the book and adapted it. There is an interesting subtext that Lee and the film touches on. Hayes creates teen “pop art” where Solene deals with serious adult fine art. These two worlds are metaphors for their age gap. Let’s add a little cultural critique PLEASE!! I wanted a snooted Anne Hathaway monologue so bad. ***SPOILERS*** Issues with the book - it’s not a romance and the structure of it was off. It just stayed at one pace throughout. They hook up VERY quickly in the book and there wasn’t enough wooing for my liking. I like a little will they or won’t they. There IS conflict along the way but it never seems to threaten the relationship. They just carry on with their two worlds colliding. Until she dumps him and the book ends. Like say what? The author said this was her version of Titanic. Um… girl, there’s no life or death situation here. Where is your DOOR??? Issues with the movie - Nicholas Galitzine who plays Hayes has no “rizz” as the kids say. Anne Hathaway demands to be sexually satisfied and he comes off a little too safe for me. Differences - The movie adds a 5 years later epilogue where the two get their HEA, yeah! It gives you all the feels. The book is very SPICY where the movie has enough heat, but never really gets over the PG-13 rating. The book has A LOT of touring and band drama where the film focuses on Solene and Hayes. #QOTD - What was the last movie you watched?

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