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Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
4.0
When a fellow book nerd said "You have to read this book. It will break your heart," I simply caved in and picked the book. Cause I'm such a woeful person looking for something to be melancholic about.
Call Me By Your Name is about a summer fling between an Italian boy, Elio, and a visiting American scholar, Oliver, who stayed at his house during one summer of 1980's. But it wasn't just a fling, not for Elio at least. From the beginning, he had strong affection for Oliver and had fought his feelings to subside and only to find out they grew stronger. The story was narrated by Elio mainly on their time in that particular summer. The last few pages are about the following years and I won't spoil you with the ending.
It is such a beautiful story written in full eloquence. It reminds me how sweet it was to have a crush on someone as much as how fun it was to flirt with that person. As much as it takes me back to some sweet memories, it CRUELLY brings me back some tormenting pains, too. It made me feel like a teenager again. Oh, how naive and easily broken we were.
I welled up with tears in some parts and I guess I was sobbing when I read the ending paragraph of the book. The last paragraph of this broke me. I was totally smashed. I adore how understanding Elio's father was and his speech for young Elio was gorgeous. It was an immensely affecting book apart from some explicitly written scenes. Oh, by the way, this book has adapted to movie and hope they did with subtlety on this exceptionally beautiful book.
Call Me By Your Name is about a summer fling between an Italian boy, Elio, and a visiting American scholar, Oliver, who stayed at his house during one summer of 1980's. But it wasn't just a fling, not for Elio at least. From the beginning, he had strong affection for Oliver and had fought his feelings to subside and only to find out they grew stronger. The story was narrated by Elio mainly on their time in that particular summer. The last few pages are about the following years and I won't spoil you with the ending.
It is such a beautiful story written in full eloquence. It reminds me how sweet it was to have a crush on someone as much as how fun it was to flirt with that person. As much as it takes me back to some sweet memories, it CRUELLY brings me back some tormenting pains, too. It made me feel like a teenager again. Oh, how naive and easily broken we were.
I welled up with tears in some parts and I guess I was sobbing when I read the ending paragraph of the book. The last paragraph of this broke me. I was totally smashed. I adore how understanding Elio's father was and his speech for young Elio was gorgeous. It was an immensely affecting book apart from some explicitly written scenes. Oh, by the way, this book has adapted to movie and hope they did with subtlety on this exceptionally beautiful book.