Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

46 reviews

mima345's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

extremely graphic lovestory! not for the faint of heart. I did not love it, I felt it was tiring after a while. I did like how you follow the main character into his twisted mind, his obsession. but I did not really feel for him, I didn`t care for him. It was somewhat disturbing at times. The characters remained distant and unrelatable to me. But still: amazing writing. I felt like this book could have been even shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, and Excrement

Minor: Self harm, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

blueberry0531's review

mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Self harm, and Death

gabbygarcia's review

challenging reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

I don't even know how to describe this book. The prose is absolutely stunning, incandescent... though, contrary to the back page's bold declaration, I would not call this a love story lmao 

I would advise readers to research this book thoroughly and read the content warnings beforehand as many descriptions are quite graphic and uncomfortable to read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Ableism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

racist remarks about thai and mexican people

qspeaks's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The way Aciman writes really makes you feel all of the raw emotion of being 17 and experiencing your first real love again. There are moments when this book brought back memories and emotions that I had completely forgotten I had ever felt. It's a slow read and feels almost stream-of-consciousness in some areas, which is incredibly charming and oddly adds to the immersion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, and Excrement

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, and Terminal illness

amberrenfrey's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Cancer, and Alcohol

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

funsized327's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

absalad31's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

2.0

Dnf at 70%
I really wanted to like this, and I did at first. The writing is really beautiful and raw. However I couldn’t get past some of the content.

After the first part, and Elio actually makes a move, it gets uncomfortable. The 17 year old lusting after someone older feels ok, and somewhat relatable. The reverse however, felt predatory. I would have strongly preferred that the love/lust be one-sided.

Aside from the obvious age difference/power dynamics between the two leads, I also did not like the following:

A 16 year old girl also goes after Oliver, and while he did not reciprocate, he made no moves to discourage it. 
The peach scene. 
Oliver poops and Elio wants to look at it. Then he goes to poop without flushing, and Oliver rubs Elios stomach to help. I swear this actually happened in the book. That was the last straw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Excrement

eadaoin_'s review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

SO MANY FEET??? WHAT IS GOING ON WHY DOES ELIO HAVE A FOOT FETISH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

lex_r's review

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book has some really intense moments where the inner dialogue makes you question the sanity of Elio and his thoughts and character. I wasn't sure how I felt about the aggressive sexual language, the graphic thoughts, or the age gap between the two characters. But I gave the book some grace and continued, framing the uncomfortable intense moments as intrusive thoughts as the novel is told from the inner perspective of Elio. In the end I am happy I stuck it out the book developed into a beautiful love story that really pulled together in the last 100 pages, but forewarning the ending is gut wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Rape, and Death

onthelam's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

i was confused and uncomfortable at some points. Like

fucking a peach i could still bear but then comparing it to a rape victim was just ugh and ofcourse the creepy underwear scene.

But the writing was amazing, everything was beautifully worded and some parts made me feel like i understood myself better. the characters were complicated as was the story and the ending left me feeling sorta empty but in a good way?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit