Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Kutsu minua nimelläsi by André Aciman

50 reviews

leviloggins's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Excrement

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rosiesreadsx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? Yes

5.0

it is the best book ever, guaranteed to make you cry atleast twice while reading🥹🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Excrement

the ending is so sad, oliver really called elio to tell him he’s getting married, heartbreaking!!

litoreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

By today's American standards, this would be considered an adult/minor relationship which would automatically make their sexual endeavors statutory r*pe; that being said, this takes place in 1980s Italy where the age of consent is 14 (not that that makes it right) but Elio is 17 for most of this book and Oliver is college-aged. If that offends you, don't read it.

amaralh's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

mals_library's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

lio_ramon_dolor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

tea_ana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.5

Definitely not for everyone, there are some uncomfortable scenes to get through but overall a fascinating portrayal of a young man’s experience in a tumultuous and ultimately unhealthy relationship. Elio’s narration is really what kept me reading which was great because the entire book was essentially the whirlwind of Elio’s conflicting thoughts. Wonderfully written though relatively slow paced. If you watched the movie and want to read the source material I’d say go for it but don’t expect it to be as covered in a haze of romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol

jo_lzr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This story focuses on love, physical desire (though not only physical) and separation. The prose of this book is one of the reasons why I gave it 4 stars. I cannot begin to describe how beautiful the prose was. I liked reading it from Elio's perspective, especially the 4th part of the book. This story shows that separation, in all kinds of relationships, is inevitable and an essential component of human existence. I love the way it portrays both the beauty and sufferings that are part of the human experience, without demonizing the pain but rather accepting it and even reminding us that it has its own use.
 I also have to mention that it was surprisingly a fast read. 
Additionally, the scenery was beautiful and aesthetically pleasing.

I didn't give it 5 stars because I didn't relate to some of Elio's thoughts and because there were some scenes that I wasn't as interested in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Rape, Excrement, and Antisemitism

jordan_noel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

3.75

At first, I felt this book was an overly vulgar description of a teenager’s sexual awakening initiated by his attraction to an older, mature man. It felt like a summer romance and nothing more; a fling to be done with at the end. Maybe reminisced upon in an older age, but never a deep regret.

However, in Part 4, this suddenly felt like much more to me.

<SPOILER>

With loss, their romance could be clearly recognized as eros; something the readers could grieve with the characters. In Oliver’s forced complacency with his new wife and family and Elio’s determination to hang on to this brief moment in the past, it’s hard not to feel grief for such a short-lived happiness. What they had together doesn’t disappear as they age but it gets silenced and the characters are forced to live lives of dejection. If I could feel as much in the rest of the book as I felt in Part 4, I could find practically nothing to complain about in this book. Maybe it was the author’s intention to make us feel such deep regret after viewing their love as an initially silly romance, I don’t know. But I do feel this book greatly connects beauty and sexuality with a most turbulent and determined kind of love in a way that’s unique and unexplored in many modern love stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent