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readingoccasionally89's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Biphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Incest
maess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content
lennorb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Sexual content
luxxltyd's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Incest
gritsgritsgrits's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship
mj_86's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Incest and Sexual content
martasshelf's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
kirsten_marie's review against another edition
4.5
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.
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
ericispublius's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content and Incest
Moderate: Antisemitism and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
finleigh's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia