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A review by kaleyamo
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
3.0
It's not a requirement for me that a book has loose ends tied up nicely in a bow in order for me to classify that book as "good."
That's definitely the case here. This book is good. But I'm struggling with the book overall because I don't understand the motivations behind certain actions. I'm looking for the long-term goal of certain characters, and I can't figure it out. The author doesn't clue us in.
It's definitely an intentional choice. It's one I can respect the author for. But it's still one that I, personally, struggle with as a reader.
I can't see the end goal here. And it drives me crazy.
Also — it's less than 300 pages, but it felt like it took me an exceptionally long time to read. I wouldn't exactly say it was slow. It's more that there was so much happening that I would feel that I'd read 20 pages only to look at the page number and realize it'd only been four.
This is a good, well-written book. It's just not among my favorites because of my own personal preferences.
That's definitely the case here. This book is good. But I'm struggling with the book overall because I don't understand the motivations behind certain actions. I'm looking for the long-term goal of certain characters, and I can't figure it out. The author doesn't clue us in.
It's definitely an intentional choice. It's one I can respect the author for. But it's still one that I, personally, struggle with as a reader.
I can't see the end goal here. And it drives me crazy.
Also — it's less than 300 pages, but it felt like it took me an exceptionally long time to read. I wouldn't exactly say it was slow. It's more that there was so much happening that I would feel that I'd read 20 pages only to look at the page number and realize it'd only been four.
This is a good, well-written book. It's just not among my favorites because of my own personal preferences.