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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Oof! What an amazing, upsetting, startling book! Ms. Erdrich delivers another lyrical gut punch of a novel that you can’t put down. Cedar Hawk Songmaker is trying to keep herself and her unborn baby safe in this dystopian world where women and babies are commodities. With Handmaid’s Tale vibes, this story is filled with strength, poetry and perseverance. #MountTBR
This is a beautifully written, terrifying dystopian work.
I’m shattered by the way the novel concludes and yet, anything else would likely have felt cheap and unearned.
Louise Erdrich is a master storyteller and her prose has woven itself around my heart. Future Home of the Living God is a masterful story that eloquently captures the beauty and the pain that make up maternal love.
I’m shattered by the way the novel concludes and yet, anything else would likely have felt cheap and unearned.
Louise Erdrich is a master storyteller and her prose has woven itself around my heart. Future Home of the Living God is a masterful story that eloquently captures the beauty and the pain that make up maternal love.
ok set-up (as native american version of "handmaid's tale") but awful non-hopeful ending!
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Handmaid's Tale, but with a different protagonist. It's well written, it just doesn't feel particularly new.
dark
mysterious
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
There's a sequel right!? RIGHT!!!????
Though I must say these types of books just hit different now. I spent an entire pregnancy in isolation because of a plague. Nbd.
And the USPS being the last bastion?! Lmao
Though I must say these types of books just hit different now. I spent an entire pregnancy in isolation because of a plague. Nbd.
And the USPS being the last bastion?! Lmao
More of a 2.5 out of 5, but there were parts that I enjoyed more than others, so I'll round it up to a 3. My biggest problem with this novel is that it was all set-up with no obvious outcome. The author built a meticulous world (although not meticulous enough - more below), a semi-interesting plot, and then... it just kind of ended. Not quite sure what I got out of it, to be honest.
As for the world built, there is still so much I didn't get and the author didn't care to fill in or explain. I guess something happens genetically where evolution starts moving backwards and women start having, like, monkeys? I guess? And also the government collapses and people start forming their own governments, bartering systems, etc? This is what I mean - I just don't really get what I read, and it frustrated me that the author just never gave more information.
As for the world built, there is still so much I didn't get and the author didn't care to fill in or explain. I guess something happens genetically where evolution starts moving backwards and women start having, like, monkeys? I guess? And also the government collapses and people start forming their own governments, bartering systems, etc? This is what I mean - I just don't really get what I read, and it frustrated me that the author just never gave more information.
The story progress was quick enough to keep me engaged. I'm still processing the story and trying to sort out some of the details.