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A review by zahwanasser
Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by André Aciman, James Ivory
5.0
4.5 stars
i haven't written a full review in a long time but this book broke me into parts and then made me whole again. i have already watched the movie so i had an idea about what's about, however i find the book so similar yet so different from the movie. in the book it focuses on Elio's thoughts intensity and makes you feel them with him, you even start to look for the signs with him while in the movie you are just a spectator, you see the actions more than the thoughts that lead to them but what's genius about the movie is that through those actions it still portrays some of the intensity and anticipation.
back to the book, it's just beautifully written, i have never read about a better romance or a connection between two people regardless of their gender, it's just a book about deep bone wearing love that makes you feel as the other person is you, hence calling them by your name, i loved the first part's eagerness, youthfulness, the sparks and being completely smitten and head over heels for someone and the way Aciman described the experience of first love can't be better.
it was also special and i haven't seen anyone talk about this before and it's often even celebrated in other works. is how he portrayed Elio's first attempts to get over oliver and how this is wrong to make yourself numb.
what made this book an absolute favorite of mine is the third part, the closure, how after all these years they still have feelings for each others even if they have met other people even if they are different persons now, but what they had still remains within their souls.
it's just about love and lost love and lost chances and it's beautiful. and i really can't wait to reread it.
i haven't written a full review in a long time but this book broke me into parts and then made me whole again. i have already watched the movie so i had an idea about what's about, however i find the book so similar yet so different from the movie. in the book it focuses on Elio's thoughts intensity and makes you feel them with him, you even start to look for the signs with him while in the movie you are just a spectator, you see the actions more than the thoughts that lead to them but what's genius about the movie is that through those actions it still portrays some of the intensity and anticipation.
back to the book, it's just beautifully written, i have never read about a better romance or a connection between two people regardless of their gender, it's just a book about deep bone wearing love that makes you feel as the other person is you, hence calling them by your name, i loved the first part's eagerness, youthfulness, the sparks and being completely smitten and head over heels for someone and the way Aciman described the experience of first love can't be better.
" what made me blush was the thrilling possibility, unbelievable as I wanted it to remain, that he might actual y like me, and that he liked me in just the way I liked him.”
it was also special and i haven't seen anyone talk about this before and it's often even celebrated in other works. is how he portrayed Elio's first attempts to get over oliver and how this is wrong to make yourself numb.
what made this book an absolute favorite of mine is the third part, the closure, how after all these years they still have feelings for each others even if they have met other people even if they are different persons now, but what they had still remains within their souls.
it's just about love and lost love and lost chances and it's beautiful. and i really can't wait to reread it.