A review by violetisreading
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

3.0

Loved the ideas and themes explored in this book and the perspective it took on critiquing contemporary America. However, I feel like everything could have been said in half the number of pages. I found myself relieved that I had finally gotten to the end rather than being sad it was over - and that says something in itself... Some of Ellmann’s qualms and critiques are so repeated that it seemed to trivialise a potentially potent point she could have been making. Nonetheless I’ve never read a book like it so hats off to her for the originality.