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reviewed The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich: The Sentence (Hardcover, 2021, Harper) 4 stars

Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, …

I do not understand the appeal.

1 star

I tried. The story of unjust incarceration in the beginning was fascinating. Then, everything fell absolutely flat. I tried to understand any of the characters, but they all kind of bled together over weird scattered diversions and the story went nowhere. Gave up 25% in. I wanted to love this -- the premise sounds great! -- but couldn't find anything to grasp.