Elio develops a relationship with older man who attended one of his performances. Next we catch up with Elio, now living in Paris and working as a pianist. However, I chuckled during a couple over the top intimate moments in CMBYN the intensity of young romance allows for ridiculous declarations of love and obsession – it’s not as natural when it comes to an older couple. The older man, younger woman trope is a little tired, but Aciman is such an amazing writer that it’s easy to forgive this stereotype. I enjoyed following up with Samuel, he’s a critical part of CMBYN, and it’s nice hearing more from his perspective. A chance meeting with a much younger woman on a train evolves quickly into a passionate romance. The first and longest section of the book follows Elio’s father, Samuel. As expected, the prose is beautiful and fulfilling, but those looking for a continuation of Elio and Oliver’s story may be left wanting more. I approached Find Me with moderate expectations I’ve read a few books by Aciman so I knew that his writing would be as lush and beautiful as always, but had trepidations as a follow up to Call My By Your Name.
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