Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Find Me

There is a lot going on with this book and I was swinging between a 2 and 3.5 while reading.

The writing style is distinctively Aciman and it’s an easy holiday read for the most part which I enjoyed.

However, there were a lot of things that I didn’t like. Aciman seems to be suggesting that the only way love can exist is obsessively, instantly and with massive power (and age) imbalances. This makes sense in the original due to Elio’s age but here it was just bizarre. The sex scenes made me feel yuck due to the above and the constant incest innuendo (????). The characters were often melodramatic and sleazy and the few female characters were just objectified with little substance.

It retains the essence of Call Me By Your Name but didn’t succeed in the way the original did

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luxxltyd's review against another edition

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reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

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gritsgritsgrits's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective medium-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

2.0

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mj_86's review against another edition

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reflective 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? It's complicated

2.5

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martasshelf's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The book felt boring and pointless at times, especially the first section about Elio's dad.
I liked Elio's section and his bit with Michel, it had me wishing for a different end for the book.
Oliver's chapter was a pain to read and it felt so out of place.
The last chapter made it all come together and make sense, I guess, but it's too short to make it worth it.
It almost feels like all the sections could have been better as independent stories.

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4.5

I have to say this sequel did not turn out to be the one I expected. Or the one I had hoped and wished for, for that matter. But it may be the one the two of them needed, the inevitable one.
One can argue it was an unnecessary one. And yes it was, but to me, not at all unwelcome.

In the beginning, I was almost sure I was destined to be disappointed, but the longer I read the more wrong I discovered my predictions to be. The stories that unfold in between old pastry cafes, gloomy allies on Italian summer nights, and behind thin hotel walls feel profound, real, and earned by time. They all found me in the end, and I am glad they did.

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ericispublius's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

I had a Friend share that, "If Call Me by Your Name tore you apart, Find Me will put you back together." Thank you for the recommendation, Leah, my sweet and tender Friend

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finleigh's review against another edition

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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? No

4.75

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