Call Me by Your Name
2007

Ratings301

Average rating4

15

This is a beautiful story and so beautifully written it feels like poetry.
It loses one star because of the apricot scene:
“The bruised and damaged peach, like a rape victim, lay on its side on my desk, shamed, loyal, aching, and confused, struggling not to spill what I'd left inside.” This is absolutely wrong! Rape victims should not be used as a metaphor, and much less followed by adjectives like loyal”

April 24, 2021