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* CareerVersusMan: Sam is a HighPoweredCareerWoman who is single and has no children. Her former best friend Lisa has no career, but has two daughters by Sam and Lisa's former crush, Josh.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Discussed and deconstructed every which way. Lisa is revealed to struggle ''hard'' with what happened between her and Sam, while Sam regards it as one of the most romantic experiences of her life. When Lisa's accusation about Sam comes out, this trope is discussed in-universe, with several otherwise "social justice" minded influencers defending Sam on the grounds that it's "different for women" and/or LGBT people. [[spoiler:Finally, Sam's justifications are revealed to be a combination of SelfServingMemory and perhaps literal amnesia from Sam's years of drug abuse. She really ''did'' rape Lisa, and she gradually reveals herself to be a bullying {{Narcissist}} with a perpetual victim complex.]]
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Discussed and deconstructed every which way. Lisa is revealed to struggle ''hard'' with what happened between her and Sam, while Sam regards it as one of the most romantic experiences of her life. When Lisa's accusation about Sam comes out, this trope is discussed in-universe, with several otherwise "social justice" minded influencers defending Sam on the grounds that it's "different for women" and/or LGBT people. [[spoiler:Finally, Sam's justifications are revealed to be a combination of SelfServingMemory and perhaps literal amnesia from Sam's years of drug abuse. She really ''did'' rape Lisa, and she gradually reveals herself to be a bullying {{Narcissist}} with a perpetual victim complex.]]
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* HaplessSelfHelp: Sam is a "feminist" influencer who preaches healthy living and self-esteem [[spoiler:while being a narcissist with a severe eating disorder who sexually assaulted her best friend, which threatens to bring down her empire.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Sam is revealed to be a liar, a manipulator, and a rapist.]]
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Lisa and Josh have identical twin daughters.
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* TwinThemeNaming: Lisa and Josh's twins are called [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Maya and Martha.]]
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* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Sam admits that she still feels like this is what happened between her, Lisa, and Josh. Despite the fact that Lisa asked her before dating Josh, she never expected them to get married, and is secretly extremely hurt that they did.
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* UnreliableNarrator: It's clear that Sam is one. For example, she sees herself as Lisa's closest friend, while Becky (and others) view her as a ToxicFriendInfluence and ControlFreak who stops Lisa from being friends with other people. The biggest question is whether she is also being one about her apparent "hookup" with Lisa as a teenager.
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* UnreliableNarrator: It's clear that Sam is one. For example, she sees herself as Lisa's closest friend, while Becky (and others) view her as a ToxicFriendInfluence and ControlFreak who stops Lisa from being friends with other people. The biggest question is whether she is also being one about her apparent "hookup" with Lisa as a teenager.teenager.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Sam and Lisa did. The question is: was it ever an equal or comfortable friendship?
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Sam and Lisa did. The question is: was it ever an equal or comfortable friendship?
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* ButNotTooBi: Played with. Sam has only ever slept with guys both before and since Lisa, and thinks of herself as straight, but also considers what happened with Lisa to be one of the most romantic incidents of her life.
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* NoBisexuals: Played with. Sam has only ever slept with guys both before and since Lisa and thinks of herself as straight, but also considers what happened with Lisa to be one of the most romantic incidents of her life. Lisa also says that she's not bisexual as a reason for why she wouldn't have consensually slept with Sam.
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* TheNineties: The flashbacks to Sam and Lisa's youth take place in the last months of 1999.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium: The flashbacks lead up to 2000.
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* GirlbossFeminist: Sam is described as a white blonde woman, whose wellness empire (worth millions) and literary career is described as a mix of Eastern religions, Buddhism, and Hinduism, with a white face on it. She is also a champion of women's rights and abortion rights, but threatens to blackmail Lisa over having had an abortion in the past, and may have sexually assaulted her.
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* ButNotTooBi: Played with. Sam has only ever slept with guys both before and since Lisa, and thinks of herself as straight, but also considers what happened with Lisa to be one of the most romantic incidents of her life.
* GirlbossFeminist: Sam is described as a white blonde woman, whose wellness empire (worth millions) and literary career is described as a mix of Eastern religions, Buddhism, and Hinduism, with a white face on it. She is also a champion of women's rights and abortion rights, but threatens to blackmail Lisa over having had an abortion in the past, and may have sexually assaultedher.her.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's clear that Sam is one. For example, she sees herself as Lisa's closest friend, while Becky (and others) view her as a ToxicFriendInfluence and ControlFreak who stops Lisa from being friends with other people. The biggest question is whether she is also being one about her apparent "hookup" with Lisa as a teenager.
* GirlbossFeminist: Sam is described as a white blonde woman, whose wellness empire (worth millions) and literary career is described as a mix of Eastern religions, Buddhism, and Hinduism, with a white face on it. She is also a champion of women's rights and abortion rights, but threatens to blackmail Lisa over having had an abortion in the past, and may have sexually assaulted
* UnreliableNarrator: It's clear that Sam is one. For example, she sees herself as Lisa's closest friend, while Becky (and others) view her as a ToxicFriendInfluence and ControlFreak who stops Lisa from being friends with other people. The biggest question is whether she is also being one about her apparent "hookup" with Lisa as a teenager.
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''Idol'' is a 2022 novel by Louise [=McNeill=] about a hugely successful author and wellness influencer, Samantha. Sam writes a book in which she describes sexually experimenting with her best friend, Lisa, in high school. However, when Lisa contacts her and tells her that she remembers the events very differently, Sam's empire and life collapses.
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''Idol'' is a 2022 novel by Louise [=McNeill=] about a hugely successful author and wellness influencer, Samantha. Sam writes a book in which she describes sexually experimenting with her best friend, Lisa, in high school. However, when Lisa contacts her and tells her that she remembers the events very differently, Sam's empire and life collapses.
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* BadInfluencer: Sam is a very manipulative wellness influencer who may have sexually assaulted her best friend as a teenager, and has at the very least exaggerated her own life story (though she often seems to be unaware or in denial about how much).
* GirlbossFeminist: Sam is described as a white blonde woman, whose wellness empire (worth millions) and literary career is described as a mix of Eastern religions, Buddhism, and Hinduism, with a white face on it. She is also a champion of women's rights and abortion rights, but threatens to blackmail Lisa over having had an abortion in the past, and may have sexually assaulted her.
* BadInfluencer: Sam is a very manipulative wellness influencer who may have sexually assaulted her best friend as a teenager, and has at the very least exaggerated her own life story (though she often seems to be unaware or in denial about how much).
* GirlbossFeminist: Sam is described as a white blonde woman, whose wellness empire (worth millions) and literary career is described as a mix of Eastern religions, Buddhism, and Hinduism, with a white face on it. She is also a champion of women's rights and abortion rights, but threatens to blackmail Lisa over having had an abortion in the past, and may have sexually assaulted her.
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''Idol'' is a 2022 novel by Louise [=McNeill=] about a hugely successful author and wellness influencer, Samantha. Sam writes a book in which she describes sexually experimenting with her best friend, Lisa, in high school. However, when Lisa contacts her and tells her that she remembers the events very differently, Sam's empire and life collapses.
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