Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

22 reviews

neens_m's review

challenging tense slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Child death

Moderate: Death

sparklefarm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

WHOOF. Not sure what convinced me, a melancholic woman living in Texas in these times, to read an all-too-believable near-future dystopian novel dealing with reproductive justice, other than the fact that it's written by Louise Erdrich. Ultimately, she once again did. not. miss. with this book. I could have picked a better time to read it though. 😆 That being said, I don't know that I've ever read a book this dystopian and this full of wonder, possibility, and hope. In our current landscape as in a chaotic, terrifying, possible future, we can hold both.

Ending -

I appreciated that we did not end in a happy smiley way (it seemed at some points that it could!) as that would feel disingenuous to the story. And yet to leave Cedar at her most vulnerable, most alone, and least likely to escape, was the most gut-wrenching way to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Torture and Suicidal thoughts

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Grief, Torture, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence

laratboulos's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Forced institutionalization

scholastic_squid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Child death

professor_jango's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Miscarriage, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Torture

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Death, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

qteabeans's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This is such a powerful example of a book that is so good but outside of my wheelhouse. If you want to read about someone navigating what family is, how heritage impacts us, and how all of that crashes together when you're expecting a child, this would be a great book for you. It is a lovely piece of literary fiction that uses a lot of Catholic references. If that sounds like your jam, you'll probably love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Child death

Minor: Infidelity, Gun violence, and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

kandisebrown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Slavery, Miscarriage, Infertility, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Confinement, War, Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Child death, Colonisation, and Police brutality