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

Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
tw; underage sex, pedophilia, grooming
(probably others but I didn't finish the book 🤮)

I had heard some awful things about this and I wanted to hate read it. (If you don't support hate reading, get out.) I didn't even make it past part one. It's so bad.

I was fairly aware of the age gap, but I didn't know the full extent. This includes a 24-year-old man being involved with a 17-year-old. That's pedophilia. I don't care about your "well the age of consent is..." arguments. No. No one in their mid twenties should be attracted to anyone that still has their age ending in teen.

And it's not even that this book is about or focuses on pedophilia. It's that it's romanticized. Incredibly! If it were focused in a problematic view, it could be better. But still not good.

Not to mention that the writing is just horrible. Like, it's just awful. Even if the events above didn't take place, I would still hate this book.

After reading a few reviews for this, I've also learned that the author is confirmed to be a pedophile and finding attraction to underage girls. Gross!  🤮 

Do not support this book/author.
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