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title: "Trust Exercise: A Novel Hardcover – April 9, 2019"
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# Trust Exercise: A Novel Hardcover – April 9, 2019

**Brand:** susan choi
**Price:** € 16.51
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- **What is this?** Trust Exercise: A Novel Hardcover – April 9, 2019 by susan choi
- **How much does it cost?** € 16.51 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    One star.  I wish I hadn't read it.
  

*by B***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019*

I hated this book.  My suggestion:  follow your instinct.  If you don't like it after the first few/several pages, stop reading.I kept reading and reading, thinking I'd start caring about one or more of the characters.  I never did.  It was a waste of time.  I read all the way to the end, and it got worse and worse.

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    Overwritten
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019*

My understanding is that the structure of this book is what's brilliant about it. It's been quite buzzed about, and I was expecting something perhaps like Notes on a Scandal.However, I was so turned off by the self-conscious writing style and distant narration I quit reading on page 8. Here's the line that made me drop the book - for context, two teenagers are making out:"He realized with a shock that it needn't be thus."Done, but I rated this two stars because I can see how others might not mind being so distant from the characters or have writing this stilted.

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    Imaginative novel but with mixed results
  

*by N***L on Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019*

This was a hard book to review, and in some ways, is a perfect example of why I wish there was the ability to give a book 3.5 stars instead of having to choose between three and four stars.  The summary of the book provided in the description gives the reader the basics - it starts out at a performing arts school for high schoolers, with a focus on Sarah and David and their romance in front of their classmates and teacher.  It then goes into the future with unique twists in the narrative format to make the reader question what they have read or to see it from a different view.  I'm hesitant to say any more than that, as it would risk spoiling the book.  "Trust exercise" refers to exercises in the performing arts school, but it also refers to the reader needing to trust the author.On the plus side, I'm impressed that the author provided something new with this book.  It's difficult to find experimental formats that work, and it's even harder to write them.  I was surprised by the changes in format and didn't really see them coming.  Choi's writing is crisp - she doesn't waste words - and she sets scenes up well.  I had a clear picture in my mind of the school and the theater.  She hits the right notes with the time setting (the early 80s) and her descriptions of the clothes the teenagers wear fit in with that time period.  I'll also note that while Choi does not specifically name the large southern city in which the book was set, I'm pretty sure I know what city it is supposed to be or resemble, and the descriptions are stunningly on point.On the negative side, I feel that to really enjoy a book like this, you have to be invested in the characters.  Most of the characters are fairly unlikeable, and while it's definitely not a requirement to like a character in order to enjoy a book, a reader still needs to be invested or engaged with them in some format.  I just couldn't get there with these characters.  I did not like or have a lot of sympathy for Sarah, even for some of her hardships which were likely designed to elicit sympathy from the reader, and the rest of the characters weren't much better.  I felt like I had to push myself through the first 200 pages of the book and it wasn't until after that point that I felt more invested - and given that the book only has a little over 250 pages, it would have been beneficial to be engaged before that point.  Furthermore, even at the end, I wasn't entirely satisfied.  I thought that the story would redeem itself then - and to some point it does - but I definitely still had questions after finishing reading.  This might be partially the fault of the book's summary, as it states that the final piece of the puzzle falls into place and truths will be revealed, but it's also entirely possible I'm missing something.Overall, this one will definitely get mixed reviews.  I suspect some people will give up about 50 pages into it, some people will be in the middle like me, and some people will absolutely love it.  I know that after it's released, I'll be looking for discussions and forums on the internet to see what others thought and if there were meanings that I missed.  One final piece of advice - don't pick this one up for a time when you need a book to get through quickly.  Although I read it in about two days, I wondered if reading it at a slower speed would have been more beneficial.

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