Just like the original, this book is beautifully written. The prose makes you fall in love and the lyricism breaks your heart.

But the story didn't really capture me. I think the book being broken in three stories, each following a different narrator, was a big part of it. The whole time I felt this creeping "alright, and then what?" while reading.

In the middle story we go back to Elio's pov and I think that really is Aciman's turf. It's the most fulfilling one by far.

The first was interesting but didn't have a strong conclusion, and the last one was honestly moot. The original ending was, even if bittersweet, much more compelling.