I’m almost done with Ducks and it’s been an highly enjoyable experience. The style is shockingly easy to read and I’m amazed at how much I remember from the beginning of the novel.
I’m looking forward to reading more of Lucy Ellmann’s work. She’s brilliant and I LOVE a female author putting a massive tome into the world like this. I hope to see more of it from other authors.
However, I found myself really disliking the main character and I’m curious if anyone else had the same experience? She was just so puritanical I couldn’t stand it and her “mommy” issues made me cringe. Additionally constantly trying by to convince us? Herself? Of how great Leo is doesn’t pass the sniff test. Protesting a little too much. There were things that she said he did that impressed her that were just basic crap you do as a human. Like not asking about what took her so long to bring him a piece of pie (that she made) to him IN BED. Pretty low bar for husband of the year. Talking about how he says he should help with more housework but never does and then she says it’s fine because he works. Look, I work and help with housework and if I could choose I would take going to work 10 times out of 10. I mean he’s a professor. That’s not exactly manual labor. It just made her seem so pathetic.
by hawkhandler