Reviews

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

rocks_and_mountians's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

amoskane's review against another edition

4.0

Just finished this book and loved it-- one thing is still bothering me, though. There's a guy that Lulu finds in the woods, toward the end, and he's wearing an "old red scarf for a pants belt". I could swear that someone had been wearing a red scarf for a belt earlier in the novel, but I can't for the life of me figure out who. I thought it was one of the Lazarres, maybe? Anybody else spot that?

aidareads's review against another edition

got into a reading slump and barely read for a couple of days which says a lot 

bexduck's review against another edition

3.0

Each chapter of this book captures vignettes between two families over the course of several decades. I liked how Erdrich was able to make the narrator of each chapter have such a distinctive voice, even as they transitioned into older age at later points in the book.

collin_by_your_name's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

christinajcraig's review against another edition

3.0

Not my favorite Erdrich book but still pretty good. Basically a collection of short stories that relate to one another because of family lines. I would have liked more of a plot structure but Erdrich’s mystical and raw writing somewhat made up for it.

writenisha's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

purplemuskogee's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I loved this sort of family saga, focusing on two interlinked families (or step-families) born of the same man who loved two women. I found it rich, interesting, beautifully written and it has all the ingredients I love in everything else I have read by Louise Erdrich, although it took me a while to get my head around the many characters.

smrudelich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

chelregel's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense 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

3.5