Call Me By Your Name – Andre Aciman

The thing with this book is that Elio’s thought pattern is so familiar that it is a bit of a putting. I have never found myself looking at my behavior with such a mirror. Being able to read about thought patterns that I could relate to in a way I hadn’t been able to before was interesting. I hadn’t thought that would the case when I had taken this book with me towards the till on a whim.

The book in short
Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference. But during the restless summer weeks that follow, unrelenting buried currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire, intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them. What grows from the depths of their spirits is a romance of scarcely six weeks’ duration and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.
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My Thoughts
The story was well written and very enchasing. The way Elio talks about Oliver and how it all comes about. I found the description of a first love so interesting. The deep wanting of being with someone but also being very unsure and not having the confidence in your own desirability.

I did struggle with the age gap in the relationship I found it to be a bit difficult because they are clearly in such a different phase of their life. It’s a summer romance and it feels exactly like it has an end date which makes you ready for an impending doom so to speak. There are also things that I found a bit strange (e.g. wearing each other’s underwear) but by all means, if your partner and you do that go right ahead but for me, it was a bit odd to see this portrayed as very positive.

The book was painful as it showed me some of my own thought patterns but it was overall a very great book to read. I liked it better then I thought I would, and if it is interesting to you I would recommend it.

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