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Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

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anneisontime's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

5.0

summerpo's review against another edition

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5.0

I wasn't sure what to expect going into this one. Another dystopian novel? Why bother. Another dystopian novel written in first person?? Kill me now! I selected this as the lesser of the evils for my "Book of the Month" selection in November... and I'm so glad that I did.

About 20 pages in, I was hooked. I loved how the story kept me guessing, nothing was given away, and I'm still thinking about the story, and how life changed in it.

raymond_murphy's review

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3.0

Apparently a lot of people think this is book is derivative of the Handmaid’s Tale. I guess that makes sense if you don’t think that most dystopian events (like the one we are living in) don’t provide an excuse to accelerate the subjugation of women and people of color.

The characters’ initial inability to see how the events they were living through were leading toward something really bad felt very realistic to me.

Particularly the notion that Cedar was more worried about her birth story than the end of the world made perfect sense to me in the context of my own experiences around adoption.

Not perfect (come on Glen, really?) but well worth the time spent together.

sarahfivehorses's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5. I wanted to like this. Very reminiscent of Handmaids Tale, but unfortunately this retelling fell flat for me. There were glimmers of greatness in it, but most of the interesting threads were dropped and it left me wanting.