Reviews

Trust by Hernán Díaz

rbsinger's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

boswall_books's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

anabak's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I felt like I had missing pages of the book. Three stories all in one. Very cloud atlas like but about a couple from different points of views. No clear ending? 

elnmnsw's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.25

marykatem's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

chityty's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This story is best summed up by Hamilton’s “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” as we read a version of a story told four ways. 

I didn’t fully comprehend this at the beginning having been recommended the read and promised a good time. It was slow. And full of financial jargon and historical references that a more well read person may understand but it was a struggle. 

But out of that struggle came the stories. The shift in tone. Of what is said and controlled and left unsaid and changed. 

One of the main characters of these stories says it best in that his job was to “bend and align reality”. We are shown the bends and at times breaks. 

This is the densest of my reads in recent memory and is one that I will likely need to pick up again and again to learn more. There will always be something for a reader to discover in ‘Trust’. 

picaresquity's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

drofrubrn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

annewilgenbusch's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I liked it less the farther into it I got. I went in knowing nothing so I was pretty confused until about half way. Felt like there was a lot of build up to drama that never happened. 

andrejt's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

A somewhat experimental novel set in New York during the interwar period. It's mostly  about trying to assemble the truth out of multiple contradictory and self-serving narratives. It also depicts complex relationships, some annoying old-fashioned gender dynamics, and a unique mix of love and resentment.