Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

22 reviews

avmey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

sephypear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

When reading this book, I would be absolutely engrossed until something pulled me away; and then I'd be hesitant to pick it back up.
This story was engrossing, the atmosphere was tense and palpable.
Do I recommend? Yes. Will I read again? I'm not sure I can put myself through it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Torture

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I liked that this centered Native/Indigenous women/people and that it took place in Minnesota (so I knew the places that were mentioned). I also liked how this was about women's bodily autonomy and society's weird obsession over caring more about the unborn then the ones currently living.
Not my favorite book but I would be willing to read more from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Confinement, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Abortion, and Medical content

rachaelwho's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Narration by the author is great.
I think the people who didn't like this book wanted it to be spookier and more sci-fi. This is a book about motherhood, womanhood, pregnancy, autonomy, family, ancestry, and what we owe each other. Authoritarianism and institutionalization, too. It is also about climate and catastrophe, near-future dystopia. The sci-fi conceit isn't superfluous, but this isn't quite "genre fiction" and if you wanted to get into that, I guess you probably wouldn't love this one. Reviews hung up on the "science" of the setting not making sense are... Really stunningly, jaw-droppingly missing the forest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death, Child death, Confinement, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

scatteringashes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I have a complicated relationship with this book. I was sucked into it, and found the setting and plot really compelling. It is so my jam: a speculative fiction, society-falling-apart book that features motherhood and spirituality at it's center? But it just sort of. Ends. There are about a hundred questions left unanswered, but not necessarily in a way that I liked. 

On one hand, that's life and all. Most of what takes us to that ending was satisfying and interesting, so I don't regret the time spent with the book. On the other hand, I think it was a fundamental mismatch of reader to story -- the speculative elements that I wanted to dig my hands into weren't necessarily important to the key components of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

drenvirobook's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book offers an indigenous perspective on the feminist body-horror dystopian theocracy. An opaque plague besieges newborn babies, offering an opportunity for a conservative religious power grab.  Erdrich explores this novel through the lens of Cedar, an indigenous woman who is pregnant. The plague coincides with Cedar’s pregnancy and her push to connect to her birth family after being raised by white parents. The plot alone would be enough for me to have loved this, but it was enhanced by the complex characters and their relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, and Death

kalayk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Violence, Child death, and Sexism

Minor: Excrement, Abortion, Alcohol, Gore, Classism, Grief, and Miscarriage

madarauchiha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜  my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

 “How come you’ve looked after me?” I ask Hiro just as he’s about to go. “How come you found me at the hospital? Brought me the messages?”
Hiro looks surprised at my question, taken aback, as though I should know. “You were on my route,” he says. 

Fave line. Hiro being a USPS Postal worker, for context.

content warnings
minor abortion, asian racism, child abuse, cissexism, drug use hard drugs, emetophobia, rape, sexual content, sexual violence, torture, victim blaming

medium alcohol use, anti evolutionary sentiment, anti indigenous racism, anti vaccination sentiment, child abuse, child death, colonization, gambling, kidnapping, racism, suicide ideation, whorephobic language

major animal death, bullying, childbirth, confinement, medical abuse, medical content, misogyny, police, police abuse, pregnancy, religion catholic, reproductive rights, slut shaming, unsanitary, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Pregnancy, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Abortion, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Ableism

boredacademic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Physical abuse

alldebstinations's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence