A review by wynnebirchmaple
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A long rant and stream of consciousness that inhales all the everything that women, and women who are struggling with trauma might consider or do during the course of a day or a weekend. The narrative does not provide readers with a multitude of opportunities to come up for air while reading this doorstopper. I still enjoyed it but don’t understand why it was so overwritten. Was it supposed to last the entire pandemic and Trump presidency (are either of them different btw)?