Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

42 reviews

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

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racism, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

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

jaimc's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Torture, Abortion, and Animal death

teaganme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Forced institutionalization

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Abortion

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

onceuponahedgehog's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

may you find what you need in the pages of your own belief 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

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

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow this did not have a happy ending. At all. I really wanted it to. This book was so good and had such an original premise, I was definitely hooked immediately and tore through it.

Re-Read: Holy fucking shit I love this book. The ending fucked me up all over again, but in a different way because I knew what was coming.

the part at the end where she describes the end of winter in Minnesota had me on the brink of tears. We don't know it's heaven. Fuck. And of course the whole premise is so much creepier given the current state of women's bodily autonomy in the US. Fuuuuuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Outing, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Infertility