Reviews tagging 'Death'

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

46 reviews

chelseeaa's review against another edition

slow-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

3.0

it was… something. for a minute you forget that there’s a seven year age gap between the two. it’s written beautifully but, i found it difficult to pick back up after i’d finished reading a couple pages. it’s a pretty but ultimately strange book filled with feet, swimming trunks and.. peaches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

bernard_black's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.25

Lana Del Rey released Honeymoon so there is something fitting to listen to while you're reading this, I am convinced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Alcohol

laffi's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

finleigh's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Death, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

rhi_'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

jg34's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

The writing was ok but not my kind of book. It was slow and repetitive and confusing and contradictory and trying to hard to be deep but was just weird to me. Many part seriously just freaked me out FOR EXAMPLE

boy masturbating with a peach and then Oliver EATING IT and them wanting to look at each others poop????!!?? Is that romance???? I cannot. Also could not get past the fact that the main character was a minor thirsting after an adult and the adult eventually consented to the relationship.

seriously this is bit fucked up but fearless I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Rape, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

The entire book is about an adult/minor relationship, graphic sexual tones

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

This isn't a so-so read at all, but I didn't enjoy it.  It's poetic and highly literary. I don't always love literary fiction, and being neither a teen nor someone who experiences lust, I didn't connect with this whole ode to teenhood lust and first love. It's definitely an interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

alegzac's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death and Death of parent

elliehaahr's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

elioreadsbooks's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

I know this one is controversial in some ways, but the depth of emotion felt through the text is deeply moving in so many ways, and it feels impossible to separate that emotion from the age of Elio and the context they meet in. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death and Terminal illness