Sarah’s Reviews > Trust > Status Update

"She forgot to swim" vs Woolf vs Barrett.

"they were fake anyway and could not hurt me or upset Bevel" doesn't pass muster. First of all since Ida suspects he isn't telling her everything how does she know she didn't inadvertently invent something true? And second of all he might be angry even if it is fake if he thinks it somehow makes him look bad or contradicts the persona he wants to be known for.

I feel unable to understand Ida's behaviour. It is frustrating that she has not confronted Jack and inexplicable that she did not protest to Bevel that she could not abandon her father. Surely at least she should have tried to get him other help or explained why she could not.

Not really digging the latest developments. The one reveal was not handled in a very interesting way and the risk with the housekeeper for no specific reason makes me think poorly of Ida. Who is she benefiting by satisfying her own curiosity at this stage? She knows Bevel doesn't want her in the room. Is he keeping a secret or is he just oblivious?

I am skeptical that Ida's false document would have the desired impact but I am not sure whether at this point the book will recognize that. Maybe the disaster will erupt from the discarded drafts instead.

"Most of the music sounded just like that moment before the performance, when the musicians tune their instruments." I don't like this description because if it all sounds like tuning up how would you be able to articulate the observation this way? I think it would be expressed differently.

Now we're getting somewhere. But I think Ida may be reasoning ahead of herself. All it takes is for the story to include accurate publicly known facts for people to assume that everything is true. There doesn't have to be a real secret exposed that Bevel wants suppressed. (But that said, Bevel's draft made him unsympathetic, so who knows.)

Enjoying the 3rd section but feeling a bit impatient to learn where this is going. And not sure whether I should already know how the sections are connected. I've had to put this down and pick it up again after breaks, I have lost track a bit.

Even women got in on the market!

Absolutely agog since the narrator has started boasting about America First and tariffs. Quite a gut punch for 2025.