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A review by hannacollects
Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by André Aciman, James Ivory
they always say you shouldn’t compare a book and its film adaption when reviewing either - but i don’t quite believe in that. i wouldn’t have read this book if i didn’t love the film so much and so i can’t be objective! but i mean, i don’t have to be, so.
i liked this book but i mostly did because of the film. reading this book was interesting because i thought i could imagine how they approached the adaption. i especially enjoyed seeing how thoughts and emotions were described in the book v.s. how they were shown in the film.
as a novel, it wasn’t my favourite. i couldn’t really connect with the main character and some parts were a bit repetitive (like elio’s dreams and all that internal action in general). while i enjoyed the writing style, i didn’t totally love the overly complex language all the time, although it did create an atmosphere. not as much as the film though! the film just made me feel so much while the novel didn’t really evoke lots of emotions.
the end really gave me something to think about, though - and now i’m wondering about that potential movie sequel i read about. no idea whether it’s a good idea but i kind of would like to see where there’d be going with that.
so yeah, didn’t love it, still glad i read it.
i liked this book but i mostly did because of the film. reading this book was interesting because i thought i could imagine how they approached the adaption. i especially enjoyed seeing how thoughts and emotions were described in the book v.s. how they were shown in the film.
as a novel, it wasn’t my favourite. i couldn’t really connect with the main character and some parts were a bit repetitive (like elio’s dreams and all that internal action in general). while i enjoyed the writing style, i didn’t totally love the overly complex language all the time, although it did create an atmosphere. not as much as the film though! the film just made me feel so much while the novel didn’t really evoke lots of emotions.
the end really gave me something to think about, though - and now i’m wondering about that potential movie sequel i read about. no idea whether it’s a good idea but i kind of would like to see where there’d be going with that.
so yeah, didn’t love it, still glad i read it.