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Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer prie for Fiction. Hernan Diaz' second book.
This novel is primarily about Andrew Bevel who shorted the market right before the Great Depression and came out a winner. Trust contains four distinct books in which different characters provide conflicting accounts of the financier and his wife.
First we read in Book 1, Bonds, which is a fictional account of Andrew and his wife Mildred. In Bonds, the characters are named Benjamin and Helen Rask.
In Book 2, we meet Bevel who i ...more
This novel is primarily about Andrew Bevel who shorted the market right before the Great Depression and came out a winner. Trust contains four distinct books in which different characters provide conflicting accounts of the financier and his wife.
First we read in Book 1, Bonds, which is a fictional account of Andrew and his wife Mildred. In Bonds, the characters are named Benjamin and Helen Rask.
In Book 2, we meet Bevel who i ...more
Rating: 3.5 rounded down to 3
A unique style to this story, I really enjoyed this aspect of the book. What lost me a bit was the finance world, I can't seem to wrap my head around what happens behind the scenes (it's never interested me) and this story had many of these moments. However, as already mentioned, I loved the style of the story and the ending was well-done. I can appreciate what's happened here so round up my 3.5 stars to 4 stars
ETA: Decided to round this down to 3 instead of rounding ...more
A unique style to this story, I really enjoyed this aspect of the book. What lost me a bit was the finance world, I can't seem to wrap my head around what happens behind the scenes (it's never interested me) and this story had many of these moments. However, as already mentioned, I loved the style of the story and the ending was well-done. I can appreciate what's happened here so round up my 3.5 stars to 4 stars
ETA: Decided to round this down to 3 instead of rounding ...more
“God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.”
Overall, I did like the book; I particularly liked the voices of Mildred and Ida. I thought the overarching theme was interesting, trust in one's financial system and trust in one's partner and family. The concept and writing style was different; seeing it culminated into one format, I didn't dislike it. But, despite this unique writing, I never felt like I got to know the characters and would have been interested in learn ...more
Overall, I did like the book; I particularly liked the voices of Mildred and Ida. I thought the overarching theme was interesting, trust in one's financial system and trust in one's partner and family. The concept and writing style was different; seeing it culminated into one format, I didn't dislike it. But, despite this unique writing, I never felt like I got to know the characters and would have been interested in learn ...more
Floored, speechless, world turned upside down.
What a daring concept, yet brilliant execution. Book turns into manuscript, turns into memoir, turns into journal, each one revealing another facet of the truth as if turning around a cloudy crystal. Behind every successful man there is a stronger, more capable woman who is never given any credit. Such a masterpiece, well deserved of 6 stars.
What a daring concept, yet brilliant execution. Book turns into manuscript, turns into memoir, turns into journal, each one revealing another facet of the truth as if turning around a cloudy crystal. Behind every successful man there is a stronger, more capable woman who is never given any credit. Such a masterpiece, well deserved of 6 stars.
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