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Mid-April Review roundup

The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

April 22, 2026 by stegolily 1 Comment

It’s time for another mega-post reviewing a bunch of books that have nothing in common with each other! Lousie Erdrich’s The Mighty Red was so achingly beautiful that when I finished it, I got genuinely worried that I would never find a book this good again. Set in the Red River Valley of North Dakota, it follows two farming families during the 2008 financial crisis. There’s a local tragedy, a love triangle, and a scandalous crime, but the centerpiece of the book is Erdrich’s prose. She […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Annalee Newitz, Louise Erdrich, qntm

stegolily's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Annalee Newitz, Louise Erdrich, qntm ·
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