A review by jennanecaise
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

2.0

This book upset me in so many ways. For supposedly being such a “beautiful queer love story”, it falls short on every page. Elio’s stream of consciousness is annoying for starters. He yaps on and on and on about how Oliver may or may not have some interest in him. It’s infuriating that this is the queer representation we see in the media. Not only is the age gap not okay, but Elio’s fantasies of being assaulted by Oliver and about killing him or himself are so intense and just feed into the narrative that homosexuality is wrong and that the LGBTQIA+ community is a bunch of pedophiles and weirdos. Also let’s talk about how shittily Elio treats Marzia. Ughhh the only reason this book got 2 stars from me is because I actually enjoyed the ending and how they kept mementos to remind themselves of each other, that was poetic. The rest of the book can be burned.