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bekah_rose19 's review for:
Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
With “The Handmaid’s Tale” becoming popular because it became a Hulu show, I feel like other books with similar themes that came out recently are taking inspiration from that book. “Future Home of the Living God” seems like it is in a similar situation; and I hate comparing one person’s work to another person’s, so I read this book with a mindset of reading the content without comparing it mentally to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” With that being said, “Future Home of the Living God” is a roller-coaster, going from interesting to weird. The world is evolving backwards, animals are turning into unrecognizable creatures and giving birth to children is rare. In the beginning, the protagonist gets pregnant before the madness started. When people start stocking up on supplies and the news gets taken over by fake happy people, stuff stars to go down. A lot of things change, and pregnant women are being kidnapped or turned in to the government. The women are held in hospitals and places that are converted into sort of hospitals. The protagonist is thrown into the terroir of trying to not get caught and watch as the world changes. Reading what the world would be like if it started to evolve backwards is quite fascinating, and seeing the protagonist go through in the story will keep you on the edge of your seat. Even when it seems like it is safe, there is always someone watching and waiting to strike.
With the protagonist being pregnant, I figured that there would be some adult themes. And I wasn’t wrong, but it was not explicit. The book is written as a journal by the protagonist to her unborn child, so when she comes to the conception scene, it is more symbolic then anything else. Such like saying that they came together as one, nothing more graphic then that. There is some cussing, a handful sprinkled throughout the book, nothing excessive. Overall, I felt like it didn’t taint the reading experience.
With the protagonist being pregnant, I figured that there would be some adult themes. And I wasn’t wrong, but it was not explicit. The book is written as a journal by the protagonist to her unborn child, so when she comes to the conception scene, it is more symbolic then anything else. Such like saying that they came together as one, nothing more graphic then that. There is some cussing, a handful sprinkled throughout the book, nothing excessive. Overall, I felt like it didn’t taint the reading experience.