A review by painalangoisse
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

4.0

The fact that this was a lot, honestly, the fact that it started to drag badly, I mean *really badly*, within a few hundred pages, My Little Pony, Hungary, Orban, the fact that what is it with authoritarianism these days, the fact that everyone has guns, AK-47, Sandy Hook, Parkland, the mall, the fact that Ohio, the fact that I'll never be an Ohioan, not really, the fact that when you read this much of this your inner monologue starts to look like it, the fact that maybe it would be more enjoyable if she did let herself curse, ironing, laundry, washing dishes, the fact that Leo washes the dishes, the fact that my kids never do, the fact that why do I have so many kids when I didn't love Mommy enough, the fact that Mommy is dead, the fact that Mommy's death broke me, ABC, DC, dceaglecam, EAGLE, CAM, NRLB, NRA, CIA, the fact that Mormon missionaries go away for two years, the fact that the Amish live like that, the fact that I'm glad I finished it for the sake of having finished but I would never read another book like this, the fact that the gimmick gets old, the fact that I do appreciate experimentation, the fact that the experiment will either be a success or a failure, the fact that...