A review by rosebudglow
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

4.0

Unfortunately, my main takeaway is that I'm glad I read the whole thing because of the sense of completion. The writing is lyrical, almost hypnotizing—if you like the first five pages, you'll like the whole thing, because it never changes. Unfortunately I think if I had to actually live in the mind of that woman I think I'd kill myself. Also, the lioness didn't work for me. Was it supposed to be straightforward/uncomplicated (finally someone to root for) as a foil? Was it just paralleling for the purpose of providing a parallel? I'm still not really sure.