hakberdi's review against another edition
5.0
A veces me rasco las heridas
Pa' ver si sangran todavía...
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Sometimes I pick at my wounds
To see if they still bleed...
Past... Something that I've been thinking about as of lately. How many people seemed to suddenly come and go in and out of my life, how many things were lost and how did I get here eventually.
This book is a ode to the past but is, actually, a toast to the future and present.
Yes, we still ARE keep digging up and stress over things that have been done and undone. Why do we do it though? Is it a masochistic act? In a way, I guess. To me, this book gave a simplest answer: we do it because we want to be reminded that we are people, that things should be confronted rather than be "forgotten". Past is here to fuel us and to long for the slightest possibility to experience same feelings in the future.
A veces fuí un imán
De besos en la boca, otras de mil derrotas
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Sometimes I was a magnet
Of kisses on the lips and,
At times, of thousand defeats.
This book consists of four connected short-stories.
In one, Elio's father, Samuel, finds that there always a place for love, even when you think that life has passed you by.
In another one -- Elio gets to experience something that is kind of reminiscent of Oliver, yet this reminiscence is simply not enough.
In Oliver's story we get to see... pretty much nothing that we don't already know because of the previous installment and I, quite honestly, was a bit disappointed about that. The only redeeming quality of it -- unbelievably beautiful musings about music, the subject I'm so fond of and love unconditionally.
Fourth story is basically a wrap-up, filled by some of the Elio's delusions and Oliver's journey of exploring himself and the life he gave up many years ago once again.
...all he needed when the time was right was simply to come and find me.
I don't understand why this book has this bad of a rating. Is it because of a lack of perverse scenes?
C'mon, people. It was so beautiful: we were in Rome with it's sun and history, we were in Paris and felt music and smelled the aroma of baguettes...
It was way better than the first one.
A veces fuí
Y otras no
Y así está bien
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Sometimes I was
And others wasn't,
And that's alright
Lyrics used in this review:
"A Veces" by Diamante Eléctrico
willowwanne's review
4.0
i did not want to read about age-gap-affair-sex, however, halfway through it became a generational mystery that was really interesting and that saved the book for me.
rj_novotny's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
sallysocker's review against another edition
3.0
“Some people may be brokenhearted not because they’ve been hurt but because they’ve never found someone who mattered enough to hurt them.”
I don’t know how this book could be called a sequel to Oliver and Elio novel, because in this 250 page book they were only together for like 10 pages. The beginning was dedicated to Elio’s father which I didn’t understand until 100 pages in (I don’t know if I missed something in the beginning, but that was when Elio was mentioned as his son), then another 100 pages went to Elio and then the rest to Oliver.
This book wasn’t bad necessarily and I liked reading it, but it was such a strange sequel. The backside says this will be a sequel to Call Me By Your Name and then the majority of the book isn’t even dedicated to their love. The first 100+ pages was a story about Elio’s father and how he fell in love with a woman 30 years younger then him. The second part was the same concept but with Elio, who took a liking to a man that was 30 years older than him. Then there was like 50 pages about a party Oliver hosted and then the last 10 pages was about Oliver and Elio together.
I enjoyed reading this book, the writing was good and the romance, although a little strange at times, was good. So I recommend that you read it just as long as you don’t expect a long romance novel about Oliver and Elio.
I don’t know how this book could be called a sequel to Oliver and Elio novel, because in this 250 page book they were only together for like 10 pages. The beginning was dedicated to Elio’s father which I didn’t understand until 100 pages in (I don’t know if I missed something in the beginning, but that was when Elio was mentioned as his son), then another 100 pages went to Elio and then the rest to Oliver.
This book wasn’t bad necessarily and I liked reading it, but it was such a strange sequel. The backside says this will be a sequel to Call Me By Your Name and then the majority of the book isn’t even dedicated to their love. The first 100+ pages was a story about Elio’s father and how he fell in love with a woman 30 years younger then him. The second part was the same concept but with Elio, who took a liking to a man that was 30 years older than him. Then there was like 50 pages about a party Oliver hosted and then the last 10 pages was about Oliver and Elio together.
I enjoyed reading this book, the writing was good and the romance, although a little strange at times, was good. So I recommend that you read it just as long as you don’t expect a long romance novel about Oliver and Elio.
amiegrace's review against another edition
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
2.0
itsjustcereal's review against another edition
3.0
this is such a nice insight into elio & oliver’s adult lives, however to say how much i loved cmbyn i feel there’s not much substance to this book as it genuinely is just a few days of their life in detail - it doesn’t really have a direction. although there are 3 parts of the story narrated by the different characters, it feels like a very short book. the ending was reassuring but i feel like the lives they lived and the thoughts they described did not correlate enough with cmbyn. also what is the deal with older men dating young men. it was nice to continue living in such beautiful places through the characters though, that is one thing i adore about this and cmbyn - the locations and the characters surroundings consume me.
elmira's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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
julienbakerstan69's review
1.0
um what on earth???? this was not a sequel lol and it read like bad fanfiction 85% of the time,,, i skimmed the entire first half of the book and missed nothing important. im quite disappointed this did not live up to cmbyn At All
thisbeauden's review against another edition
1.0
Ta książka nie powinna powstać. Nie w takiej formie.