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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
emotional
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
1.0
one word: grooming
That is the really the only thing (summary) I can give about this book.
I went in with really low expectations (because I had read about the problematic elements in this book) but this really exceeded them and not in a good way.
This story is just glorifying grooming and I just don't get why people are praising this book as some amazing love-story because it's not. Actually, it's far from it.
In this book we have a 17-year old boy who has a crush on this 24-year old man. Oliver should have just kept away from Elio.
There is no justifying the actions in this book. The whole time Oliver is manipulating Elio and it just physically hurt reading this.
I get that people also praise this book for its beautiful writing and I guess it is very poetic with beautiful lines (only a few tho) but it's still not mindblowing.
Throughout the whole book we have to read Elio's inner monologue, which is... very painful. For an inner monologue your character has to have some sort of personality, it has to have something interesting to say, it has to interesting to read. Well, Elio has no personality, he has nothing interesting to say and it definitely is not interesting to read. The whole time he was 'aan het zagen' (as we say in Flemish, which loosely translates to whining, nagging) and let me tell you it was very boring.
I would not recommend this book at all. I just read it because I had to know what all the hype was about and if it was really as bad as people say it is (IT IS).
If you do decide to pick this up, don't expect romance because you won't get any (only very descriptive sex-scenes and not in the best way).
I will NOT be reading the second book because I love my life a little too much for that.
P.S.: the peach scene scarred me for life, I had to stop multipule times reading that scene (it could've just been left out but I guess not).
That is the really the only thing (summary) I can give about this book.
I went in with really low expectations (because I had read about the problematic elements in this book) but this really exceeded them and not in a good way.
This story is just glorifying grooming and I just don't get why people are praising this book as some amazing love-story because it's not. Actually, it's far from it.
In this book we have a 17-year old boy who has a crush on this 24-year old man. Oliver should have just kept away from Elio.
There is no justifying the actions in this book. The whole time Oliver is manipulating Elio and it just physically hurt reading this.
I get that people also praise this book for its beautiful writing and I guess it is very poetic with beautiful lines (only a few tho) but it's still not mindblowing.
Throughout the whole book we have to read Elio's inner monologue, which is... very painful. For an inner monologue your character has to have some sort of personality, it has to have something interesting to say, it has to interesting to read. Well, Elio has no personality, he has nothing interesting to say and it definitely is not interesting to read. The whole time he was 'aan het zagen' (as we say in Flemish, which loosely translates to whining, nagging) and let me tell you it was very boring.
I would not recommend this book at all. I just read it because I had to know what all the hype was about and if it was really as bad as people say it is (IT IS).
If you do decide to pick this up, don't expect romance because you won't get any (only very descriptive sex-scenes and not in the best way).
I will NOT be reading the second book because I love my life a little too much for that.
P.S.: the peach scene scarred me for life, I had to stop multipule times reading that scene (it could've just been left out but I guess not).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia