Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

42 reviews

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

corinnereads7's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

datamonkey's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

mikki_9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

laurnd11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

alsoapples's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Infertility

Minor: Torture and Animal death

deefenestrate's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

wildflower37's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Misogyny, and Torture

kelseak96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm recognizing that I'm not a big fan of this-is-how-the-world-ends books... That being said, I appreciate how ambiguous Erdrich left so much of the political context in this book, because I bet the end of the world is a lot of confusion, grey areas, and the average person not knowing what's happening as it all collapses. I definitely have a lot of questions lingering, but nothing that feels unfulfilled, necessarily. I feel like I knew exactly as much as the narrator did, which isn't much. Per usual, Erdrich's writing about nature and families are some of the best there is, all of the characters were complex and fairly sympathetic, and the story itself is a beautiful blend of heartbreaking and inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Miscarriage