The End of Love Medicine

I just finished Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, It was an interesting book to say the least. The whole way through the book I wanted there to be some sort of happy ending or closure and what I got was disappointing. Leading up to the last chapter a number of characters died and not in pretty ways. Gordie died from poisoning, Henry drowns and Nector chokes on a heart. I wasn't looking for abrupt terrible deaths at the end of the book. The last chapters ended with positive notes, bonds were made and the book settles down. I wouldn't call the positive notes very high, Love Medicine has kind of a mellow ending, like nothing happened but everything happened, people died bur life goes on kind of thing, all of that was in the past. Overall, I don't think I will read Love Medicine again, it was just okay. Between being confusing at times and no real progress with the characters, not saying there wasn't development just it seemed no one amounted to anything or overcame a great obstacle, Love Medicine will stay on my bookshelf for a long time after this.