bibliophiliac 's review for:

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

3.0

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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.