Comments on: Future Home of the Living God Kept Me Up at Night

By: Jennifer Q

Jennifer Q — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:19:00 +0000

I really need to read a Louise Erdich novel. I’ve heard so many great things about her writing. This book sounds intense and very interesting.

By: Alley

Alley — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:04:00 +0000

first, perfect gif usage. WELL DONE. Also this sound good and very upsetting and I will prob not be reading this, at least not for some time

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 03:19:00 +0000

I’m interested in this book, but I’ve read such mixed things about it that I’m not excited enough to put it at the top of my list. I have heard from a lot of readers who wanted more building and I really like good world building, but your review made me recognize that perhaps this is just a different sort of book that could be good without that.

By: Heather O'Roark

Heather O'Roark — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:18:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. I think it was Shadow Tag? About an older couple with a terrible relationship...

By: helen (a gallimaufry)

helen (a gallimaufry) — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:36:00 +0000

I’m actually reeling from Jean’s revelation about Biff. But bravely typing on anyway. I find that dystopian novels are books that I am glad exist and which I believe perform an important function and yet I cannot bear to read them.

(OK, I HAVE read a few.)

How do you do it? Doesn’t reading them just make you want to curl up in a corner and weep? That’s the effect they have on me…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:08:00 +0000

The SFF lover in me wanted more world-building. If you are setting your world in some sort of psuedo-realistic, futuristic world, you damn well better explain how this world differs from my own. I wanted to see dinosaurs, dammit! All kidding aside, this was a freaking scary book. I don't think I could reread it, but I have reread The Handmaid's Tale as recently as last year. Now that you have read this one, you need to read Red Clocks. It is another process dystopian novel involving women's reproductive rights. I would love to see you do a comparison of the three!

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:19:00 +0000

I am glad you liked this one! I wish I had liked it more. Your review is a lot smarter than mine 🙂

By: Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt

Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:34:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End.

We have so many choices.

Not saying we shouldn’t make the effort sometimes to read the challenging books – that is obvious. But a steady diet of pessimism isn’t helpful. To me, anyway.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:59:00 +0000

In reply to Naomi. I know, it would be! And can you imagine going from having the internet and knowing everything, to suddenly knowing nothing and having no means of finding it out? So scary.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:54:00 +0000

In reply to Heather O'Roark. Ummmm let's see. I have read two of her books now, and both of them were quite sad. I wouldn't say they were depressing in the way of like, the author was being superfluously grim, you know? But they were both quite sad. What was the other book of hers you read?