A review by cojack
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

3.0

3.5 stars. This was incredibly hard to follow. In fact, if it weren’t a book club book, I might not have finished it. I’m glad I did, because Erdrich writes some gorgeous, insightful passages. She shows characters from the POV of others and then their own POV, which is intriguing. I know it wasn’t meant to be a linear story, but still, I had a terrible time remembering who was who and how they were all connected until well past 1/2 way through the book. It was probably intentional on the author’s part, highlighting the complicated relationships and family trees within some Native American communities. I think Tommy Orange’s There, There is an urban riff on this, but I think he connected the dots better between his characters. If Erdrich had even titled the chapters after the main character/narrator, it would have helped immensely.