A review by thestoriesjar
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

I watched the movie a few years ago (and really liked it) and now finally read the book. And I have to say the book did a phenomenal job at captivating feelings. I literally could feel my gut wrenching every other page because of Aciman‘s incredible writing style/description of emotions. Because the book is written in a „monologue“, it‘s hard to perfectly reflect everything on screen. In the film it‘s obvious that Elio is extremely in love with Oliver, but in the book it‘s just on another level (because you are in Elio‘s mind). He’s obsessive and kind of idolizes Oliver where you could say it becomes unhealthy. In the movie you don‘t really get that intensity. The endings in novel and film-adaptation are very different but both hit hard. 
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