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A review by circelink
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
"the fact that hoop skirts are dangerous in a blizzard,"
"the fact that pulchritudinous sounds like completely the opposite of what it is, the fact that it sounds like barf really,"
"the fact that elephants would probably be amazed if they knew how much we think about them,"
"the fact that you only need to see sunlight coming through green leaves to feel okay about everything,"
One thousand+ pages of pie baking stream of consciousness? Count me in!
While this little tome was not a transportive or transcendent extrusion ala (mode!) Virginia Wolfe, it was a fascinating ride. Despite the kind of anti-plot and intense stream of consciousness this was an enjoyable read. However, the content was much darker, neurotic and downright horrific in parts then I had anticipated or normally care to read. I was hoping to find way more Shirley Jackson here and less Morbid Woody Allen from a fellow baker.
Likely it is my own joy of baking from where I project my double crust dutch apple pie assumptions from, but my own sweet tooth craved way more happiness than Ellmann's recipe called for.
"the fact that pulchritudinous sounds like completely the opposite of what it is, the fact that it sounds like barf really,"
"the fact that elephants would probably be amazed if they knew how much we think about them,"
"the fact that you only need to see sunlight coming through green leaves to feel okay about everything,"
One thousand+ pages of pie baking stream of consciousness? Count me in!
While this little tome was not a transportive or transcendent extrusion ala (mode!) Virginia Wolfe, it was a fascinating ride. Despite the kind of anti-plot and intense stream of consciousness this was an enjoyable read. However, the content was much darker, neurotic and downright horrific in parts then I had anticipated or normally care to read. I was hoping to find way more Shirley Jackson here and less Morbid Woody Allen from a fellow baker.
Likely it is my own joy of baking from where I project my double crust dutch apple pie assumptions from, but my own sweet tooth craved way more happiness than Ellmann's recipe called for.