A review by tonitrap
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich

4.0

A few pages into this book and I was asking myself, "Why has it been so long since I have caught up with Louise Erdrich?" Years ago, I devoured Love Medicine and Tracks and then, strangely, didn't pick anything of hers up again until this reading of Four Souls. What a shame. I had forgotten how utterly unique and engaging is Erdrich's storytelling; rich and unsentimental and little crazy. Four Souls revisits the life of Fleur Pillager, the main character in her previous novel Tracks. There is a lot packed into these few pages - it feels almost Shakespearean at times - revenge, love, loss, land, family, and all tied up in a not-so-neat bow in the end. A thoroughly enjoyable read that has reminded me to get back into Erdrich's canon asap.