Find Me (Call Me By Your Name #2)

Ok, like so many I was ready for a further continuation of Call Me By Your Name. Alas, this really isn’t it. The portion of the 200 plus page book devoted to Elio and Oliver is a mere 11 pages, that’s it. Granted I was satisfied with were we left them at this end of this book, but there was so much more than we got, that needed to be delved into. But based on the words of Mr. Aciman, this is it for our heros. The first two thirds of the book is about Mr Perlman and a much younger he meets on the train. Mr Aciman has relayed how this sort of encounter happened to him and this is more a less of allowing himself to see how it might have played out. If he wanted to do a book about this, he should have just left Elio and Oliver our of it. We learn a bit more about Elio and Oliver’s life apart from one another in the next 2 sections before the final 11 pages. Michael Stuhlbarg’s reading was nice but it felt odd hearing him reading the thoughts of Elio and Oliver. I’m glad there was a happy ending of sorts but I’m now left wanting more. 12 people found this helpful

I am agreed with many of the other current reviews that Find Me is not a sequel to CMBYN. Although it was excellently written and narrated, for me the story line left a lot to be desired. Too many chapters were about Samuel and his new love affair with the women he met on the train. After that I had a hard time following the story and understanding who was who. In the first novel the story is written from the perspective of Elio and there is a strong connection to the story and all his emotions, and the story is easy to follow. With reading Find Me, I was often lost and confused. Had the sequel been written in the same context, from Elio\’s perspective, I think it would have been a much more successful sequel. I did enjoy Acman\’s beautiful descriptions of the settings in Rome and Paris and choice of vocabulary describing human emotion. My first review of any title on here by the way; but I felt I needed to do it. 11 people found this helpful

Coming on the heels of CMBYN and billed as its sequel, this was the greatest letdown ever. I do not know what came over Aciman that he had the temerity to publish this book. It read like poorly written soft porn that almost seemed to venture on the edge of sleazy/unacceptable. One expected the psychological drama of CMBYN played out further but instead we were treated to a (dirty) old man\’s lust for a woman young enough to be his daughter followed by a (another) old man\’s lust for a younger man and then the books meandered off into the realms of cheesy nonsense in the last two chapters. For legions of CMBYN fans who waited for this book with bated breath to find out the fate of Oliver and Elio going forward from the Ghost Spots chapter of CMBYN, this book was nothing short of traumatic. It left one feeling unclean somehow. CMBYN has been accused by some to be overly verbose and to an extent it was, but it was verbosity one could relate with. It brought out all the doubts and pangs of growing up, that each one of us had faced, but not so in this piece of trash. My wife who has neither read nor watched CMBYN and accidentally heard an excerpt of the Find Me audio-book in the car, wanted to know \”why I was listening to porn in the car\”!!! I can fully understand now why Armie Hammer said that there would be no movie sequel after reading the book after seeming to have been sold on the idea. I shudder to think if a movie does come out that remains faithful to the book. Luca Guadagnino had better take note and take liberties with the screen play if he really decides to take up the project. Even Michael Stuhlbarg who did such a memorable job in delivering Sammy Perlman\’s unforgettable lines in CMBYN too meandered off into mediocrity (that\’s the kinder version). It was mostly sentences delivered in a monotone that drove one to fury. I guess like begets like. In ending, I would like to say that this book has managed to rid me of my ghosts of Oliver and Elio. For far too long, I had been obsessed by them and their fate (like countless others) which had seemed unhealthy to me. I can safely say that I have not thought about those two fictional characters for months now and that in the words of Armie\’s Oliver \”Is a good thing\”!! 7 people found this helpful

quite frankly, I\’m confused. what a weird book as a follow-up to call me by your name. I don\’t know if it was just the audio adaptation, but nothing was separated and it took me a while to find out who I was was supposed to be listening to. 5 people found this helpful

I loved Call Me By Your Name. I guess that has to be said. I think I love Aciman’s writing for his language choices. His words leave me stunned and I find myself often going back and rereading lines over and over again because of their beauty. But I also loved these characters and wanted to see what their lives looked and felt like decades later. I was wholly pleased with the outcomes. And I would listen to anything Michael Stuhlbarg narrates. 4 people found this helpful

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