Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

357 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

When I watched this movie there were a lot of times when I felt I was missing something. Now that I have read the book I understand. This author writes in a poetic way, very descriptive and flowery language as he delves deep into feelings and memories. That is hard to express on film. This story is about a 17 year old and his affair with a visiting professor who is staying in his parents’ home in Italy for the summer. This relationship is problematic from an age perspective but also a maturity perspective. The teenager falls in love hard, in that completely obsessive way that teenagers love everything. And the older man takes advantage of that admiration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Death and Drug use

renharms's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

emotape's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

olliejp2004's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcohol

sofiaamelia's review against another edition

adventurous reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

sagescassette's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The plot was basic but didn't take away from the story. I think it was written well too, and isn't too long of a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, and Drug use

sianjkh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

fuck this book and everything it's done to me. i will now immediately be re-reading it. i am not prepared to lose whatever it is this makes me feel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

amaralh's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Hate crime, Cancer, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Excrement

mals_library's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Blood, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Excrement, Child death, and Rape

elainarkk's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

While reading this book--I have to forget the age difference, specifically the way Elio is still seventeen and Oliver is twenty-four. When I am successful in this, I am overwhelmed by the beauty of this book: by the realness of crushing love, by the desire to, at once, be with and be the person you admire. Time and memory and sexuality and aging--existing in the repetition of life, waiting for the next step of the pattern to repeat itself. This book is life-changing, certainly, even as it challenges me. (Which is maybe the best kind of book?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship