A review by kathyperry
There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble by Laurie Notaro

3.0

This author is the queen of all things simile, metaphor and long, winding descriptive passages. A bit too much so for my liking. This was a story about Maye, a 30 something woman who moved with her husband and dog from Phoenix, AZ, to Spaulding, WA, so her husband could work in the town’s small university. Maye left loads of good friends and, as a freelance writer in her new home, struggled to make friends. So she starts on a journey to meet people and ends up solving a long-forgotten town mystery. It was a decent story, but a bit too slapstick for me. How on earth do you get a tablecloth, at a fully made up dining table, caught deep enough in your fat roles that the grip is enough to pull the dishes nearly off the table? How do you end up with grazes on your forehead from being unable to remove a pullover sweater not once but twice? I guess Maye was meant to be a bit quirky but came across as more goofy in my opinion. It’s not surprising she struggled to make friends. My favourite character was Mickey the dog. There were too many things that didn’t quite work and a few too many loose ends at the end for my liking too. Readable but not really recommendable imo.