purplemuskogee 's review for:

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I can see the reviews were quite polarised for this one, but I loved it. I like a lot of what I have read by Louise Erdrich, and while dystopia is not what I have read the most, I thought this one worked quite well. The book is written as a notebook, by Cedar, a 26 year old Native woman who was adopted by a white family and, as she is now pregnant, reconnects with her biological family while the world is changing and evolution is reversing. It isn't an easy book to summarise but I liked the tone and the characters, and I found the format really easy to follow - which is not always the case with a dystopia - and engaging.