Reviews tagging 'Death'

Trust by Hernán Díaz

26 reviews

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Cancer, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Trust is incredible and it deserves all of the hype. This is my first book by Hernan Diaz and now I need to go back and read In the Distance, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Diaz’s writing style is so succinct, unique, and adaptable to varying scenarios. In Trust, Diaz presents four different tales about New York in the 1920s and the infamous stock market crash. Each of these stories revolves around similar people, but the way in which they are presented is incredible. The primary characters in Trust are Benjamin and Helen Rask. Benjamin is a Wall Street tycoon who uses his extreme intellect to acquire an immense fortune and manage to avoid the wrath of the stock market crash. 

 

But Benjamin and Helen’s tale is only one version of the story. In the end, we don’t really know whom to trust to tell the truth. The way in which each of these four seemingly separate stories come together is incredibly fun to discover. Each of the voices in these four stories are so different, which is what makes Diaz’s writing truly remarkable. He is truly in a league of his own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

kris386's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Alcohol

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book takes some sticking with, but it’s worth it. The story is constructed like an onion. At first you’re unsure exactly what you’re reading until it slowly leads you down a path to a truly devastating end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

feebles640's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Grief

mondovertigo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death