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Find Me by André Aciman

readingwithsab's review against another edition

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2.0

as a sequel, this book had a lot to live up to, and unfortunately it didn't for me – the book was written well, and it was engaging, but it wasn't remarkable, and left no impact. personally also didn't enjoy the graphic depiction of incest, so that's a warning to anyone who is planning to read this book. was it a terrible book? no. would i recommend it? prob not.

jashegerova's review against another edition

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3.0

i will preface this by saying that i love aciman and have read most of what he has written. while cmbyn presents some of the best of his writing (imho), Find Me follows the depressing drudgery of enigma variations and it is only its elio chapters which take it out of the pits. oli’s fine too.

The first chapter is such middle-age crisis selfserving smug wanking off that I was shaken to my very core and petrified of what was to come. not what i wanted or expected, that chapter, not at all.

the second - much better. ok, even. (Says a lot abt how i felt about the first one don’t it). I did not like M, and i still find him the definition of the word limp, but ok. Where are the luxo gardens??? They demand a cameo.

The third one reeked of enigma variations (they all did, but the 1st and 3rd especially) but was manageable. Lovely to read oliver.

Quatro - thank fuck thank christ thank obama. all good. almost all forgiven. as someone who has read out of egypt, the setting has a bitter sweet tang.

I didn’t want a sequel and I cried while reading it. Even when I hated the plot and found the characters boring (lookie ch1) i was still moved. And I guess it makes sense at the end. Was this necessary? No. Am I looking forward to the film? Mais oui.

blackjessamine's review against another edition

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2.0

Questo libro è stata una grandissima delusione. Non perché mi aspettassi qualcosa di meglio (i commenti negativi mi avevano preparata), ma perché chi mi conosce sa quanto io abbia apprezzato "Chiamami col tuo nome". E no, André, di 'sta roba qui, di questo lieto fine buttato a caso, non se ne sentiva proprio il bisogno. Non dopo aver scritto un libro con un finale assolutamente perfetto: un finale aperto, sì, ma che il cerchio lo chiudeva perfettamente.
E no, proprio non si sentiva il bisogno di un libro che promette di essere il seguito di un altro, non se i protagonisti insieme hanno giusto undici pagine contate. E non se in queste undici pagine si forza a tutti costi un lieto fine che però avviene fuori scena, dato che l'avvicinamento tra i due non viene minimamente mostrato.
E no, non si sentiva nemmeno il bisogno di quello scempio di novella capace di rovinare totalmente un personaggio bello e potente come quello del padre di Elio: davvero, io capisco il tema di fondo, questo voler insistere su quelle poche carte che il destino continua a proporre e con cui scrive la storia dei nostri avi e di noi stessi. Capisco che questo si sposti in maniera magnifica con la musica, con quel riprendere arie già note, e lo apprezzo, ma il risultato è stucchevole. La storia gra Samuel e Miranda è frettolosa e inverosimile tanto quanto era profonda e analizzata sin negli atomi quella fra Elio e Oliver. E no, non ne avevamo proprio bisogno.

L'unica cosa che ho apprezzato è lo spunto nascosto dietro lo spartito del padre di Michel, ma anche qui, tutto è superficiale, tutto viene lasciato andare sin troppo in fretta, senza cura, senza attenzione. Poteva essere una storia interessante, ma non in questo contesto, e non trattata così.

E mi dispiace, mi dispiace perché Aciman sa essere un ottimo scrittore, ma ha scelto di non esserlo assecondando richieste dei fan che nemmeno esistevano.

elena_nicole's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • 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

alix0zz's review against another edition

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I liked the style of writing. But that was about it. The authors weird age gap obsession makes me uncomfortable. I could not get through this book because of where it was going. I also felt weird every time the author commented on the younger women from the perspective of an older man. It felt like the authors own sexual fantasies and desires put on paper and published to the public. I their for feel like this is something I should not be reading. 

rezpez15's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ninon_lunie's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.75

deeta's review against another edition

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The age gap fetishization gives me the ick, i couldnt bring myself to open the next page after ellio said that he met someone twice his age

thebookgirly's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

sincerelycalla's review against another edition

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2.5

sequel syndrome