Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Appelle-moi par ton nom by André Aciman

105 reviews

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was probably one of the easiest 5 stars i have ever given. The book is written with such masterful word crafting whilst also building characters that are human in every aspect. The story is perverted, it’s raw, it’s naked. It’s unapologetic for scenes that people may find rather repulsing. It’s about Elio and his infatuation with Oliver and how they come to be and how, despite the fact it’s been 20 years, they still care for and love one another. That is what i loved most compared to the movie. The ending has a completely different tone. It’s a summer read that i will reread many times in the future. I loved every second. 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

sxrxh_lenx's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Great summer read, the writing was at sometimes too explicit…I normally don’t have a problem with sexual content in anyway but I had the feeling that the author just needed to write those scenes…it didn’t feel genuine to me.
Elios and Olivers relationship is very complicated but I think that the age gap (7 years) isn’t as bad as it is written.

Elio is 17 and Oliver 23 but in Europe the age of consent is 16, so personally I don’t feel like it’s that big of a deal (in no way am I romanticizing adult/minor relationships but it’s kind of normal where I life)

. Moving on in the end it didn’t make sense to me as to why Oliver did the things he did because it just didn’t fit in with his whole character arc. I’ll definitely read the sequel next month!
P.S. I can’t eat peaches anymore without feeling slightly sick 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

madisone's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Vomit

mima345's review against another edition

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

oflifeandstuff's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best books I have ever read.
It’s such a poignant capture of a young love that pokes at its drama as much as it takes it seriously. 
I don’t know how it’s possible to portray someone’s inner life so well. A literary masterpiece and one that will go down in the annals of literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, Antisemitism, and Dementia

honeyduke's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

blueberry0531's review against another edition

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

beanwa's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A really beautiful and atmospheric read. The atmosphere is really what earned this book its 4.5 stars from me. Very explicit! But none of it felt necessarily gratuitous (though there were quite a few weird moments lol). It is weird how often the story refers to Oliver and Elio's age gap though, I'm not really sure if it was really all that necessary? Why couldn't they both be teenagers, or Elio be 19/20? That aside, I really enjoyed reading this and I especially enjoyed the ending - I think it wrapped everything up really nicely. Overall, beautifully written!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

captainwinter's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

1.5

Maybe I just don’t ‘get’ the book, but it really wasn’t my thing. I don’t get why Elio had to be underage for this to work, I found the writing to be pretentious and not fitting for a 17 year old, the relationship is obsessive and pretty toxic, there is so much build up but basically no climax (I thought the trip to Rome was gonna be it but no?), I still don’t understand what the whole call you by my name thing is about, and there’s some other minor problematic stuff. Also pretty much nothing happens? Like I just don’t get it? And don’t even get me started on the peach and the toilet thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Vomit, Rape, and Cancer

williamgideon's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent