Reviews - Future Home of the Living God

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Future Home of the Living God

Louise Erdrich

3.66 AVERAGE

chandle5's review

4.75

emotional 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

literarylion's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

A rare miss in Louise Erdrich's catalog. Very confusing and filled with cliches.

chgoange's review against another edition

3.0

meh ending.

mishi's review against another edition

2.75

concept was fun but ending was weird and bad

bibliophiliac's review against another edition

3.0

This book was bizarre in its premise but had moments of brilliance. I was not expecting yet another dystopian novel. In this one women are once again victimized in the near future as the United States becomes undone. Clearly there's a sense that global warming has played some part in the events, but the reverse biological evolution and religious totalitarianism were not even partly explained, leaving me somewhat dissatisfied. I also thought the character development came up short. The best writing was in the philosophizing, but that seemed too disjointed and almost gratuitous. Nevertheless, the story was interesting, but I expected more from a writer of Louise Erdrich's caliber.