Jason Pettus 
Read my DNF review of Hernan Diaz's "Trust," in which I attempt to take on this year's highly popular Pulitzer winner about the exploits of a Gilded Age investment tycoon, but realize quickly that this is one of those 21st-century books that takes what should be a sophisticated, nuanced, complex topic and boils it down to the idiot-friendly message "RICH PEOPLE BAD!!!!" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5556277845
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Jason Pettus's review of Trust
2023 reads, #50. DID NOT FINISH. I knew I was in trouble with Hernan Diaz's new Pulitzer winner Trust literally around page 5 or 10, when the narrator mentioned that the reason our book's protagonist (Gilded Age tycoon Benjamin Rask) enjoys investing because it allows him to have fun and accomplish his goals without having to worry about how his actions affect the "little people" he can't stand being around. That sent up a big signal flare that this was going to be an RPB novel, by which of course I mean a "RICH PEOPLE BAD!!!" novel, which I have to admit right away I can't stand. I mean, d...