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A review by bluemoon8
Find Me: A Novel by André Aciman
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
A highly imprevisible and uneven novel. The only good aspect from my perspective is the very good writing style, Aciman writes well.
But the first part with Elio's dad and the girl from the train irked me in the worst possible way. Everything from the age difference between the father and the girl he meets which begins to show as some kind of fascination from the author to the casual mention of incest displeased me. i mean wtf andré.
The whole variations around the theme of piano were one of the most elaborate part of the book, but mostly, it felt as an endless and pointless rambling about vain emotions.
The final reunion of Elio and Oliver was epic because of how flat it felt.
Overall, "Find me" reads like a hybrid of a YA pick me and long-winded banalities about love, forced onto the barest thread of a plot.
This is so far away from the nuanced yet vivid depiction of a first love from "Call me by your name" that the disappointment probably causes me to be harsher than I would have been if I hadn't read that first novel.
But the first part with Elio's dad and the girl from the train irked me in the worst possible way. Everything from the age difference between the father and the girl he meets which begins to show as some kind of fascination from the author to the casual mention of incest displeased me. i mean wtf andré.
The whole variations around the theme of piano were one of the most elaborate part of the book, but mostly, it felt as an endless and pointless rambling about vain emotions.
The final reunion of Elio and Oliver was epic because of how flat it felt.
Overall, "Find me" reads like a hybrid of a YA pick me and long-winded banalities about love, forced onto the barest thread of a plot.
This is so far away from the nuanced yet vivid depiction of a first love from "Call me by your name" that the disappointment probably causes me to be harsher than I would have been if I hadn't read that first novel.
Content Warnings
Minor: Incest