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sandygx260's review
5.0
This wonderful novella makes me sad. D*U*C*K is a sweet, optimistic love story from an author who decided to write about New Orleans as if Katrina had never happened. It’s a quick read, featuring much of the trauma and drama we’ve come to expect from the Liquor universe, but on the whole it’s much lighter.
What makes me sad is the fact that Poppy Z. Brite has no plans to return to G-Man and Rickey’s colorful, crazy world. From the sounds of it, no other novel will come from Brite’s awesome imagination.
That guts me. I’m sure it guts Brite100-times more. Brite wrote two of my favorite horror novels ever, Lost Souls and Drawing Blood. Here was an author who used gay characters in horror novels! Wow. I’ve re-read each of those books and still am in awe of them.
When Brite started writing the Liquor series, the successful leap from horror to Southern Gothic comedy stunned me. Different genre, different writing style— still wonderful.
Farewell, G-man and Rickey. I loved reading about your tantrums, successes, fuck-ups, failures, and fabulous returns from the brink of defeat.
Hugs for Brite… I can’t quite imagine what I’d do if my characters stopped speaking to me.
I’m hoping maybe they’ll start speaking to Billy Martin. What can I say, sometimes even I can be an optimist.
What makes me sad is the fact that Poppy Z. Brite has no plans to return to G-Man and Rickey’s colorful, crazy world. From the sounds of it, no other novel will come from Brite’s awesome imagination.
That guts me. I’m sure it guts Brite100-times more. Brite wrote two of my favorite horror novels ever, Lost Souls and Drawing Blood. Here was an author who used gay characters in horror novels! Wow. I’ve re-read each of those books and still am in awe of them.
When Brite started writing the Liquor series, the successful leap from horror to Southern Gothic comedy stunned me. Different genre, different writing style— still wonderful.
Farewell, G-man and Rickey. I loved reading about your tantrums, successes, fuck-ups, failures, and fabulous returns from the brink of defeat.
Hugs for Brite… I can’t quite imagine what I’d do if my characters stopped speaking to me.
I’m hoping maybe they’ll start speaking to Billy Martin. What can I say, sometimes even I can be an optimist.
kitty_whimsical's review
4.0
~PZB's Liquor books are my favorite comfort reading, I think. I reread this in a single day. I love this universe and I hope to see more of it someday.
nastiacoo's review
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
buttontapper's review
4.0
You can read my review of this title at Black Heart Magazine, here:
http://blackheartmagazine.com/2010/07/21/duck-by-poppy-z-brite/
http://blackheartmagazine.com/2010/07/21/duck-by-poppy-z-brite/
meganlandrychampagne's review
3.0
Where was the plot? I loved the other books in the series, but this one lacks a conflict.
audreyintheheadphones's review
5.0
This book always makes me feel like my eyes aren't worthy to read it. Dang.
jrhartauthor's review
4.0
I was incredibly nervous when I heard there was going to be another book in the series following this one, and then the author halted the series after this. Whenever that happens, there's always a chance it might end with loose ends.
That wasn't the case with D.U.C.K. It was a sweet conclusion to an otherwise intense series. The reality though, was that it lacked a lot of what made the rest of the series. The mystery, the murder, the intensity. That said, this was a really sweet way to end the series, and I was happy to see it end on this note instead of something darker. Rickey and G-man are the kind of characters you find yourself rooting for and thinking about long after the series ends. They're truly meant to be, and the way this series concludes leaves me with the hope that one day, I'll find the G-man to my Rickey.
That wasn't the case with D.U.C.K. It was a sweet conclusion to an otherwise intense series. The reality though, was that it lacked a lot of what made the rest of the series. The mystery, the murder, the intensity. That said, this was a really sweet way to end the series, and I was happy to see it end on this note instead of something darker. Rickey and G-man are the kind of characters you find yourself rooting for and thinking about long after the series ends. They're truly meant to be, and the way this series concludes leaves me with the hope that one day, I'll find the G-man to my Rickey.
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