Taylor Drew reviewed Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
I loved this
5 stars
I loved this. I don't think that I have the correct words inside me right now to articulate exactly what I found so compelling about this, especially given that this type of age gap often makes me uncomfortable, but I really did love this.
The fact that it feels so slow even though the story is done in an instant, the depth of emotion that you can feel even in the shallowest of moments, the tension... This whole story just gives you so much to think about and question about what it means to give your love to somebody else or for somebody to give their love to you. I find myself thinking about what it means to be young and how difficult it is to find yourself and understand who you are and how you feel about anything. I'm thinking about how we hesitate in some moments and …
I loved this. I don't think that I have the correct words inside me right now to articulate exactly what I found so compelling about this, especially given that this type of age gap often makes me uncomfortable, but I really did love this.
The fact that it feels so slow even though the story is done in an instant, the depth of emotion that you can feel even in the shallowest of moments, the tension... This whole story just gives you so much to think about and question about what it means to give your love to somebody else or for somebody to give their love to you. I find myself thinking about what it means to be young and how difficult it is to find yourself and understand who you are and how you feel about anything. I'm thinking about how we hesitate in some moments and act rationally in others.
Call Me By Your Name feels like it's screaming in a whisper, and it's hard to describe how much I love that.