A review by digitalcage
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

3.0

A structurally fascinating novel. Low on plot, it substitutes a hothouse environment (a highschool arts academy) and incident (dating, teenage angst, sexual assault), and relies on a structural gimmick (three sections of the story told by three different narrators) to create structure and momentum. Some parts are excellent, but by the end it devolves into a forced "gotcha" twist (or two) that don't have the support of storytelling to sustain them. Well-written, but poorly conceived. A lot of often-enjoyable effort is required to unpack this disappointingly thin novel.