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A review by rosalind14
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
5.0
Two weeks after finishing Ducks, Newburyport, I still feel the narrator in the back of my mind. I think she'll be there a while, coming out whenever I come across certain words or phrases, whenever I read news articles about violence and misogyny, certainly whenever I make pie.
I'd encourage anyone who's (understandably) on the fence about reading this to give it a try--once you get into a certain zone it reads incredibly quickly, and by the end it felt totally worth it.
Also, this has made me really curious about diversity of inner monologues--this definitely isn't what my own inner monologue sounds like, but I'm sure it rings true for some. Apparently many people don't even have an inner monologue, and I really wonder what they would make of this book.
I'd encourage anyone who's (understandably) on the fence about reading this to give it a try--once you get into a certain zone it reads incredibly quickly, and by the end it felt totally worth it.
Also, this has made me really curious about diversity of inner monologues--this definitely isn't what my own inner monologue sounds like, but I'm sure it rings true for some. Apparently many people don't even have an inner monologue, and I really wonder what they would make of this book.