What I’m Reading: Call Me by Your Name
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
To keep myself honest with my reading goals, I’m going to start a series on book reviews! Recently I finished André Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name. I haven’t had a chance to watch the film but this is where Timothée Chalamet got his big break (I’m not sure why, but Chalamet is such a fascinating character).
Aciman is masterful in depicting teenage angst and yearning in a way that doesn’t make the reader cringe. Instead, you’re transported back to your own younger days poring over every single word your crush said. (Wait, did he say “Later!” or was it more “Later…”) Aciman rehashes for the reader what it’s like to pine for someone so deeply while fighting inner turmoil brought on by puberty. While the reader cannot deny the love between Elio and Oliver, the real romance comes from the bold idea of experiencing truly vulnerable intimacy at some point in our lives. Are you capable of loving another person unconditionally? In the good times and the peach bad times?
If you haven’t felt anything in a while reading a book, this is a good one to start!
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Are you reading anything you can’t put down? Let me know in the comments.
