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Title: BLANCHE TRIUMPHANT
Review: The two stars belong to Blanche. She is a quirky, vibrant character, very well-developed. I would like to read a non-mystery about Blanche in a non-me-against-them setting.The book, though short, is slow to develop; it's half over before anything happens. With the exception of a young man suffering from Down's Syndrome, all of the white people in the book are despicable. Though Blanche has phone conversations with her friends and family, the people physically present are caricatures of various degrees of evil ranging from worthless to monstrous. We are stuck with a lot of one-dimensional characters and no action to distract us. I found the plot centering around the rich old aunt quite unbelievable.Ms. Neely is a very good writer. I think Blanche needs wings to fly out of the constricting mystery-whodunnit category.
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