A review by esotericareads
The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

3.0

I read The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich right after reading her Love Medicine, and that might have been a mistake. Because while this book is interesting, I just kept comparing it to Love Medicine, and wanting it to be something it wasn't. The plot started out as one thing, and went in a complete different direction than I was expecting. I kept waiting for there to be a cohesive theme or a takeaway that I could be moved by. I think the main problem was that I didn't enjoy the characters and I think that's essential to liking this book, since it's very character driven. What I did like? The queer characters in this book. I wasn't expecting that at all and I wish the book had been all about them. I'm still going to read everything Erdrich has ever written.