Author Zachary Dillon describes 'Call It Anything But Love' as an unexpectedly bittersweet version of 'It's Complicated'.

Zachary Dillon, author of I Hear You Watching shares his thoughts after reading Call It Anything But Love:

'It’s one thing to observe modern polyamorous relationships as an act of sexual liberation, but how do they function within the context of religious doctrine, especially in modern society when the subjects of sexual liberty and equality are more prominent?

This is where the book shines, because Coreishy’s response is a deeply nuanced, unexpectedly bittersweet version of “it’s complicated.”

I felt silly having approached the book as an outsider, because it quickly became clear that something being a “cultural fact” doesn’t make it any easier for people to accept or adjust to. Their concerns and reactions echoed my own, and each character’s portrait is so intimately drawn, I couldn’t help but sympathize with all of them.'

Dillon experienced the first six interconnected short stories more like 'a novel', which reminded me that Pleasantview, Celeste Mohammed's 'a novel-in-stories', was a book I read in preparation for writing Call It Anything But Love because I knew the stories would thread together.

I'm delighted to share with you Zachary Dillon's full review here.

His review of Call It Anything But Love is on his Substack and so is his book I Hear You Watching, a work of autofiction about a young man whose life becomes tortured by the voices he begins hearing. Though it's available as a free read of the weekly serialised chapters on Substack, you can buy the complete novel if you prefer. 

Oh, and if you haven't read Call It Anything But Love yet, wait no longer. You can get your copy right here.

Happy Reading!