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luxxltyd's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Incest
ericispublius's review
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Incest
Moderate: Antisemitism and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
rissaread's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
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
3.5
this whole review is a big spoiler !!!!
in the movie i adored elio’s parents relationship and i adored his father so bad and i was so sad to find out they divorced. but then i started reading the book and was like elio’s dad !!!! let me in !!! i was so interested in his story and how him and elio’s relationship grew and then it just twisted and i’m honestly disappointed with samuel’s story ( also sad he died and didn’t get to see elio and oliver get back together ) i really was eating up this relationship because like spontaneous love and having so much passion and love for someone you just met and the rush of it all and the details and being vulnerable about it and each other and telling each other all the good and bad parts of yourself and still wanting to be together. it was so good until she mentioned what happened when she was fifteen. of course she learned and grew from that and she was barely a teenager then but i think that whole section of samuel and miranda’s story was unnecessary and her secret could’ve been literally anything else. and even after that it was still sweet and stuff and they were so cute even with the age difference but i couldn’t view her the same way like her excuse was she adored and worshipped her brother and i was like okay but? you don’t do things like that know matter how much you adore your sibling.
elio’s part should’ve been the longest and i would’ve loved to see more of him and michel. ( what’s with the age gaps in the perlman men’s relationships um …. ) like it was sweet but i felt like i needed more. wanted to see how that continued and how it ended. and of course i needed more elio and oliver. the content we got was so minimal and we don’t really see them together much which sucked. while i’m glad they end up together, i wish there was parts of the book where we see them reuniting while still not being able to be together and how they’d act with more tension. i could go on and on about this but all in all it was a mid book, short and sweet but slow paced.
in the movie i adored elio’s parents relationship and i adored his father so bad and i was so sad to find out they divorced. but then i started reading the book and was like elio’s dad !!!! let me in !!! i was so interested in his story and how him and elio’s relationship grew and then it just twisted and i’m honestly disappointed with samuel’s story ( also sad he died and didn’t get to see elio and oliver get back together ) i really was eating up this relationship because like spontaneous love and having so much passion and love for someone you just met and the rush of it all and the details and being vulnerable about it and each other and telling each other all the good and bad parts of yourself and still wanting to be together. it was so good until she mentioned what happened when she was fifteen. of course she learned and grew from that and she was barely a teenager then but i think that whole section of samuel and miranda’s story was unnecessary and her secret could’ve been literally anything else. and even after that it was still sweet and stuff and they were so cute even with the age difference but i couldn’t view her the same way like her excuse was she adored and worshipped her brother and i was like okay but? you don’t do things like that know matter how much you adore your sibling.
elio’s part should’ve been the longest and i would’ve loved to see more of him and michel. ( what’s with the age gaps in the perlman men’s relationships um …. ) like it was sweet but i felt like i needed more. wanted to see how that continued and how it ended. and of course i needed more elio and oliver. the content we got was so minimal and we don’t really see them together much which sucked. while i’m glad they end up together, i wish there was parts of the book where we see them reuniting while still not being able to be together and how they’d act with more tension. i could go on and on about this but all in all it was a mid book, short and sweet but slow paced.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Infidelity
Minor: Incest, Dementia, Alcohol, and Death of parent
_maia3_'s review
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? No
2.75
Find Me is arranged in multiple parts, with the first two being the longest by far. These deal with Samuel’s new love who is a much younger woman, and Elio’s new love, a much older man. I was able to buy into Samuel’s story as a “sometimes you find love in odd places” since the characters seemed to have some chemistry, but Elio and Michel had exactly none, and it was at this point that I grew tired of the age gap relationship trope this book seems to rely on.
Whilst in parts a beautifully reflective piece on time, death, the “correct path” in life and most notably, ageing, it was overshadowed by what felt like a compulsive need to write in an unconventional love story. The strength of CMBYN was the fact that the sex seemed intimate and earned, here it is superfluous. However, once the book moves onto Oliver it gets stronger as we get a glimpse of his life still haunted by the Italian Rivera. Unfortunately, the book ends not long after.
This isn’t really a continuation of Elio and Oliver so much as a reminder that life isn’t a straight line, time is a loop, and that life is too short to stay unhappy (with random unconvincing love stories thrown in).
Whilst in parts a beautifully reflective piece on time, death, the “correct path” in life and most notably, ageing, it was overshadowed by what felt like a compulsive need to write in an unconventional love story. The strength of CMBYN was the fact that the sex seemed intimate and earned, here it is superfluous. However, once the book moves onto Oliver it gets stronger as we get a glimpse of his life still haunted by the Italian Rivera. Unfortunately, the book ends not long after.
This isn’t really a continuation of Elio and Oliver so much as a reminder that life isn’t a straight line, time is a loop, and that life is too short to stay unhappy (with random unconvincing love stories thrown in).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: War, Antisemitism, Dementia, Death of parent, and Infidelity
jackeline_romeroo's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
Aciman has reeled me in. After this second installment, my heart was pulled apart but then slowly put back together.
The drama and sorrow of “ Call Me By Your Name” follows me in this book. I love the way he wrote every character and the beauty of internal dialogue in this one. I had to whip out my highlighter and start annotating because I just adore the way he writes.
If you liked the first book then I would definitely give this one a chance! If you’re looking for a perfect ending with a bow on top then you clearly didn’t read CMBYN!
The drama and sorrow of “ Call Me By Your Name” follows me in this book. I love the way he wrote every character and the beauty of internal dialogue in this one. I had to whip out my highlighter and start annotating because I just adore the way he writes.
If you liked the first book then I would definitely give this one a chance! If you’re looking for a perfect ending with a bow on top then you clearly didn’t read CMBYN!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Abandonment
Moderate: Genocide, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent and Death
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
it does befuddle me quite a bit, but this wasnt as bad as i was expecting? or perhaps spoiling myself by reading the reviews--a first ever for me--rly helped tame any expectations. granted, i did refuse to read the first part aside from the last few pgs w/ elio--didnt need to ruin the cmbyn sami and learn abt his recent exploit of one-day romance, thank u--but the rest wasnt bad; if anything, it actually contained some nuances and sensibilities of its predecessor.
didnt rly see the point of the main story in 'capriccio', but 'cadenza' was surprisingly tender and touching, and 'da capo,' though definitely too short, was poignant and even a lil emotional. ofc nothing can trump cmbyn, but find me--its latter 3 parts anyway--does its share in exploring and eventually concluding elio and oliver's timeless, tender, unforgettable love story, one that i know would no doubt stay w/ me forever.
didnt rly see the point of the main story in 'capriccio', but 'cadenza' was surprisingly tender and touching, and 'da capo,' though definitely too short, was poignant and even a lil emotional. ofc nothing can trump cmbyn, but find me--its latter 3 parts anyway--does its share in exploring and eventually concluding elio and oliver's timeless, tender, unforgettable love story, one that i know would no doubt stay w/ me forever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
cateking's review
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Infidelity
elisee's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I can't think of anything more disgusting than a relationship between a grown sixty year old and a young women, who he's only attracted to because she's not like other girls, she doesn't wear nail polish. Nothing made sense, and I can forgive that, but why does he break a cute father-son moment to introduce this random woman.
Elio's relationship could be better if the old man wasn't comparing him to his son every five seconds. The mystery was fun, and Elio's passion for music just does something to me, but the relationship is a hard no.
Oliver's story was believable, until he decided to run away from his entire family for a guy he hasn't seen in twenty years. And why is the half-brother named Oliver.
It's a no for me.
2.5 stars
Elio's relationship could be better if the old man wasn't comparing him to his son every five seconds. The mystery was fun, and Elio's passion for music just does something to me, but the relationship is a hard no.
Oliver's story was believable, until he decided to run away from his entire family for a guy he hasn't seen in twenty years. And why is the half-brother named Oliver.
It's a no for me.
2.5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Antisemitism and Death of parent
almeidapam's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
roxy_reads_romance's review
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? N/A
3.5
3.5 stars for the prose:
"It takes me a while to get used to someone. Maybe nerves, though I don't feel nervous with you—which makes me plenty nervous in itself. I don't want to be nervous."
This story is told from the POVs of Elio's dad, Samuel, Elio and Oliver a few decades after Call Me By Your Name. Without reading the synopsis, I mistakenly thought the sequel was only about Elio's dad and him meeting Elio's mother in the past but I was completely wrong haha.
The author's prose is beautiful as always even if I didn't enjoy the age gap romances or found any coherence between the parts. It irked me that the characters even acknowledged that they were in a romantic relationship with someone their children's age (for Samuel's romance with Miranda) / parent's age (for Elio's romance with Michel). Maybe I just can't personally see myself ever being attracted to someone twice my age...
In Tempo, the story revolves around Elio's dad, Samuel, who meets a young woman on a train and they fall in love over the course of a day or so. But at that point, he has already divorced his wife and his life is like rekindled after meeting the true 'love of his life'. And we find out at the end of the book that he had a son with her and named him after Oliver.
Then in Cadenza, it's about Elio involved with a man twice his age named Michel. I was disappointed actually because I was expecting a reunion with Oliver and instead got a fleeting romance with a new character I didn't care about.
In Cappricio, Oliver's POV was disjointed as well and it confused me at first why he was thinking about two other new characters, Erica and Paul, with whom he wanted a relationship with while he was married... But at least his wife seemed to always know maybe that he would never love her in that sense?
But at the end of the day, in the final part, Da Capo, Oliver returns to Elio in Italy and they decide to live together. I don't understand why Oliver just didn't stay in the first place and decided to go get married to someone he didn't want to be with and have kids if he was always going to think back to Elio.
I wished this book had focused more on Elio and Oliver instead of introducing several new passing characters. I think I would've enjoyed the story more if it had been written that way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity
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