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A review by careinthelibrary
Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich
4.0
4.5 stars.
A new top favourite of Erdrich's works. Resolution for so many characters that we've met along the way. Cannot wait to branch out from the Love Medicine series and meet new folks, but I'll miss those little glimpses, mentions of Lyman, Leopolda, Fleur, Dot.
The Love Medicine series is seven titles of interwoven town saga, intergenerational family narrative, pure magic on the page. It handles indigenous spirituality, love (familial, platonic, romantic) and desire, the importance of connection to the land and the wisdom of elder generations, trauma of colonization and white settlement, revenge and restoration. It's a series for all times. I simply adored it.
This volume, Tales of Burning Love, is the final novel in the series. It was phenomenal, one of my favourites in the series and a new favourite novel of all time (not that I recommend reading this out of sequence). It rivals Tracks for nuance of writing and plotting and The Bingo Palace for loveable, memorable characters. I gave it 4.5 stars purely because it took a little while to get going and I was antsy for more of the wives stuff, the same rating I gave the forementioned.
As a series, this is 5+++ stars. One of my newest favourite authors, newest favourite series, and one I will continue to recommend til I'm as old as Nanapush. Not just for the series itself but for the friendships I've built around reading these books with friends. Immeasurable joys and learning from these books.
A new top favourite of Erdrich's works. Resolution for so many characters that we've met along the way. Cannot wait to branch out from the Love Medicine series and meet new folks, but I'll miss those little glimpses, mentions of Lyman, Leopolda, Fleur, Dot.
The Love Medicine series is seven titles of interwoven town saga, intergenerational family narrative, pure magic on the page. It handles indigenous spirituality, love (familial, platonic, romantic) and desire, the importance of connection to the land and the wisdom of elder generations, trauma of colonization and white settlement, revenge and restoration. It's a series for all times. I simply adored it.
This volume, Tales of Burning Love, is the final novel in the series. It was phenomenal, one of my favourites in the series and a new favourite novel of all time (not that I recommend reading this out of sequence). It rivals Tracks for nuance of writing and plotting and The Bingo Palace for loveable, memorable characters. I gave it 4.5 stars purely because it took a little while to get going and I was antsy for more of the wives stuff, the same rating I gave the forementioned.
As a series, this is 5+++ stars. One of my newest favourite authors, newest favourite series, and one I will continue to recommend til I'm as old as Nanapush. Not just for the series itself but for the friendships I've built around reading these books with friends. Immeasurable joys and learning from these books.