The Book of Sarah discussion

What a controversial book! Let's finally discuss Trust exercise by Susan Choi.

The first thing I'd like to establish here is how important, relevant and powerful the subject of this book is. All the insights Susan gives to us about sex, the nature of abuse and power is something we should think about every day because IT HAPPENS every day. And we need to talk about it.

With that said, the book itself didn't get me. I love it when we, the reader, get a little manipulated by the author...I always liked this kind of books and it was one of the reasons why I was so excited about this reading! But the first part, which is 50% of the book, was especially hard to read. I just couldn't feel connected with the characters and the story itself, like everything was extremely descriptive, and not in a good way. Even if the book is not long, this part felt so.

The second and third parts are way better than the first one and there we learn about the real subject of the book, and how the first part we just read....wasn't necessarily true. The true it's way darker and it is about abuse. There's no denying that the #MeToo movement generated an even greater wave of awareness about sexual abuse cases. There is still a lot to talk about and unfortunately, this is a reality for a large part of society, mainly for women. Sexual abuse and abuse of power that leads to sexual abuse need to be exposed and debated. As I always say, literature is incredibly powerful and affects people and to talk about such subjects in books is immeasurably important. Listening and trying to put yourself in the role of the victim, practicing the act of empathy...reading gives us this and, therefore, the story covered in the book is incredibly relevant, however, it is written in a way that I wasn't able to keep my attention on the story or even on the characters. And even after finish all those pages I feel like I still need to think and still need some answers...

I was conflict thought this whole book but I, overall, enjoyed the last two parts and I'd love to hear your opinions and thoughts about this book!