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A review by okiecozyreader
Trust by Hernán Díaz
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
5.0
This is not a book for people who quit books - because you don’t truly understand where this book is going until you are halfway through the third part. This book takes commitment to get there, because the second part at times is unfinished. The whole structure of the book is so unique, no one in my bookclub had read anything like it.
It takes place in the 1920s in wall street during the time of the Great Depression. It is not necessarily about either of those things, but how they are weaved within the life of a couple. It is a story of this couple and their backgrounds and they way they chose to live together.
I have decided I am a big fan of books that can tell unique stories within themselves and then tie them together in the most surprising ways. It was what I loved about The Goldfinch and The Covenant of Water, and also here. When the book starts clicking in the third part, it just makes me feel so happy, like having found the piece of the puzzle that changes the way it looks.
At the same time, this is a story of loneliness, of marriage, of the way women were treated in the 1920s, of brilliance, of the comparison of a family of immigrants in Brooklyn to the generational wealth in Wall Street.
“Intimacy can be an unbearable burden for those who, first experiencing it after a lifetime of proud self-sufficiency, suddenly realize it makes their world complete.” P57
“In time, I understood that was when it really started. For I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.” P382
“Later, over the years, both at work and in my personal life, I have had countless men repeat my ideas back to me as if they were theirs— as if I would not remember having come up with those thoughts in the first place. (It is possible that in some cases their vanity had eclipsed their memory so that, thanks to this selective amnesia, they could lay claim to their epiphany with a clean conscience.)” p347
“Chaos is a vortex that spins faster with each thing it swallows.” P314
“My job is about being right. Always. If I'm ever wrong, I must make use of all my means and resources to bend and align reality according to my mistake so tharit ceases to be a mistake." P266
“Some people, under certain circumstances, hide their true emotions under exaggeration and hyperbole, not realizing their amplified caricature reveals the exact measure of the feelings it was meant to conceal.” P122
It takes place in the 1920s in wall street during the time of the Great Depression. It is not necessarily about either of those things, but how they are weaved within the life of a couple. It is a story of this couple and their backgrounds and they way they chose to live together.
I have decided I am a big fan of books that can tell unique stories within themselves and then tie them together in the most surprising ways. It was what I loved about The Goldfinch and The Covenant of Water, and also here. When the book starts clicking in the third part, it just makes me feel so happy, like having found the piece of the puzzle that changes the way it looks.
At the same time, this is a story of loneliness, of marriage, of the way women were treated in the 1920s, of brilliance, of the comparison of a family of immigrants in Brooklyn to the generational wealth in Wall Street.
“Intimacy can be an unbearable burden for those who, first experiencing it after a lifetime of proud self-sufficiency, suddenly realize it makes their world complete.” P57
“In time, I understood that was when it really started. For I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.” P382
“Later, over the years, both at work and in my personal life, I have had countless men repeat my ideas back to me as if they were theirs— as if I would not remember having come up with those thoughts in the first place. (It is possible that in some cases their vanity had eclipsed their memory so that, thanks to this selective amnesia, they could lay claim to their epiphany with a clean conscience.)” p347
“Chaos is a vortex that spins faster with each thing it swallows.” P314
“My job is about being right. Always. If I'm ever wrong, I must make use of all my means and resources to bend and align reality according to my mistake so tharit ceases to be a mistake." P266
“Some people, under certain circumstances, hide their true emotions under exaggeration and hyperbole, not realizing their amplified caricature reveals the exact measure of the feelings it was meant to conceal.” P122