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A review by robert_bugeja
Find Me by André Aciman
1.0
This is the perfect example of a book written with the sole purpose of generating profits. A lacklustre and dreary successor to one of the greatest pieces of queer literature of our time.
The characters plod around aimlessly for the better part of 200 pages, occupying themselves with relationships that lack the tenderness of their former lovers, all the while attempting to forget that their lives have reached dull standstills. Elio's lack of character development was particularly jarring, with his 30-year-old narration reading as if he were still in his adolescence. And let's not get started on Aciman's fixation on age-gaps as being the sole complication of a romantic relationship. It's an over-used cliché, which frankly does not have a place in the 21st-century.
Aciman’s prose is the only redeemable quality, remaining vivid and enticing as ever. “Some people may be broken-hearted not because they’ve been hurt but because they’ve never found someone who mattered enough to hurt them”. Yeah, that's some good shit.
The characters plod around aimlessly for the better part of 200 pages, occupying themselves with relationships that lack the tenderness of their former lovers, all the while attempting to forget that their lives have reached dull standstills. Elio's lack of character development was particularly jarring, with his 30-year-old narration reading as if he were still in his adolescence. And let's not get started on Aciman's fixation on age-gaps as being the sole complication of a romantic relationship. It's an over-used cliché, which frankly does not have a place in the 21st-century.
Aciman’s prose is the only redeemable quality, remaining vivid and enticing as ever. “Some people may be broken-hearted not because they’ve been hurt but because they’ve never found someone who mattered enough to hurt them”. Yeah, that's some good shit.