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A review by pastelwriter
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
From a more objective standpoint, this is a good book. It simply did not work for me.
The main reason this book didn’t work for me was because I didn’t like Cedar. I’m unfortunately one of those readers that has to either bond with the protagonists or not be explicitly bothered by them. In this book, the protagonist just did not work for me. Between her religiousness and her hopeful outlook in absolute everything despite the world being absolute chaos, I just couldn’t deal with her.
In addition, the author is the audiobook narrator...and I did not like her as a narrator. I’m usually a fan of when authors narrate their books, but it did not work for me here. It just made Cedar feel even more annoying to me.
Regardless, I was intrigued by the change the world was going through in this book. I appreciated the premise and was intrigued by it. I thought there was a realistic portrayal of what the world may come to if the events of this book were to occur in real life. The premise was what kept me reading because I did genuinely want to know what would happen next.
At the end of the day, my thoughts aren’t worth much because it was for incredibly subjective reasons that this book didn’t work for me. I would still highly recommend it. Form your own opinion on it.
The main reason this book didn’t work for me was because I didn’t like Cedar. I’m unfortunately one of those readers that has to either bond with the protagonists or not be explicitly bothered by them. In this book, the protagonist just did not work for me. Between her religiousness and her hopeful outlook in absolute everything despite the world being absolute chaos, I just couldn’t deal with her.
In addition, the author is the audiobook narrator...and I did not like her as a narrator. I’m usually a fan of when authors narrate their books, but it did not work for me here. It just made Cedar feel even more annoying to me.
Regardless, I was intrigued by the change the world was going through in this book. I appreciated the premise and was intrigued by it. I thought there was a realistic portrayal of what the world may come to if the events of this book were to occur in real life. The premise was what kept me reading because I did genuinely want to know what would happen next.
At the end of the day, my thoughts aren’t worth much because it was for incredibly subjective reasons that this book didn’t work for me. I would still highly recommend it. Form your own opinion on it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage