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A review by flyingcactus
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
3.0
I loved the movie so I’m surprised that I didn’t love this book that much, even thought it was a pretty faithful adaptation! I think the main difference was hearing Elio’s thoughts in the book, which are just constant obsessive thoughts about Oliver. I know that it’s meant to showcase obsession, but man it made reading the book feel almost like a frantic experience. Here’s my best attempt at writing a review in the style of this book:
“If entered this dreamlike yet frantic state of obsession and love, perhaps which are the same thing, my mind would feel as though it was perpetually overwhelmed like a child’s desperately trying to attain their favorite toy. Perhaps if the maelstrom of life wasn’t already twisting my psyche around, I would find enjoyment in the dizzying eddy of youthful discovery of the urge to become one with another.
But yet. I did not. The stress and agony and pretentious writing style and pointless philosophy turned me away and wrenched my love of this book out of the depths of possibility. I’ll want to call it my problem, because to call it bad writing would break my heart.”
So yeah, I found this writing style stressful/hard to read
“If entered this dreamlike yet frantic state of obsession and love, perhaps which are the same thing, my mind would feel as though it was perpetually overwhelmed like a child’s desperately trying to attain their favorite toy. Perhaps if the maelstrom of life wasn’t already twisting my psyche around, I would find enjoyment in the dizzying eddy of youthful discovery of the urge to become one with another.
But yet. I did not. The stress and agony and pretentious writing style and pointless philosophy turned me away and wrenched my love of this book out of the depths of possibility. I’ll want to call it my problem, because to call it bad writing would break my heart.”
So yeah, I found this writing style stressful/hard to read