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A review by kennonstewart
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
5.0
I liked this book much more than I thought I would. So much so that I had to come back and give it 5 stars.
This is my first Erdrich read and I wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't expect a Native person who reveled in their conversion to Catholicism. I didn't expect this tension to produce such lush imagery and symbolism throughout the book (and the gorgeous title). And I didn't expect Cedar's voice to be so austere and captivating. Her inner monologue reminds me a bit of Ling Ma's Candace from Severance with the religious iconography of the Book of Lamentations (Castellanos, not the original).
This makes for a harrowing, but delightful, read. I wish I would've considered it during the winter when the gloomy weather allows me to focus more on the characters and their personalities. Since I was reading it in sunshine, the sunshine definitely juxtaposed the dystopian themes. This is the fault of the reader, not the author.
This is my first Erdrich read and I wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't expect a Native person who reveled in their conversion to Catholicism. I didn't expect this tension to produce such lush imagery and symbolism throughout the book (and the gorgeous title). And I didn't expect Cedar's voice to be so austere and captivating. Her inner monologue reminds me a bit of Ling Ma's Candace from Severance with the religious iconography of the Book of Lamentations (Castellanos, not the original).
This makes for a harrowing, but delightful, read. I wish I would've considered it during the winter when the gloomy weather allows me to focus more on the characters and their personalities. Since I was reading it in sunshine, the sunshine definitely juxtaposed the dystopian themes. This is the fault of the reader, not the author.