A review by ajb24
The Flaming Corsage by William Kennedy

3.0

I got this book in a mystery bag so it's not something I would normally pick up. The final scene confused me and overall I'm not really sure what the message was supposed to be. The disconnected flow sometimes had me lost because I couldn't remember when a previous incident happened or who the characters involved were. But there were passages that I thought were really unique and evocative of distinct feelings and/or were incisive observations of class dynamics. That's what gives it 3 stars for me. But the plot itself was...interesting. My brain can't come up with any other way to describe my thoughts right now lol.