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Title: A non-thrilling disappointment follows "Slow River"
Review: The subtitle is "A Novel of Suspense," but that is simply false advertising. The key betrayal is easily spotted early on; the plot itself is hackneyed and dull. It mainly provides a context for the heroine "Aud" to wreak painful revenge on a series of anonymous males. All the males in "The Blue Place" are weak, craven, venal or incompetent. Most of the females are strong, wise or honorable, and none more so than Aud. She is a multisegmented character whose many aspects are revealed sequentially: ex-cop, dyke, carpenter, warrior, gardener, Norwegian daughter of privilege.Yet for all the detail, Aud is a smug superhero who fights, parties and putters in an unending state of peak sensuality. It is impossible to empathize with her as she maneuvers professionally through various scenarios; her final "humanization" is sketchy and unconvincing. Griffith has squandered her talent on this detached and uninvolving power fantasy.
