Review: Armando's daughter by R.J.Blute, a fun read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2012
Armando's daughter by R.J.Blute is a fictional novel depicting time period of late Sixties. Author himself was a teenager in late sixties just like his protagonist, which I think helped him to characterize his protagonist. Writing style of R.J.Blute is good but can improve a lot with small tweaks.Armando's daughter, Cassandra, the main character, she is Funny & have trait of acting stupidly and rashly. Not just that she is way too much sarcastic, so no matter what reader think about this book but he/she is going to learn few great comeback lines of all time. The name "Armando" got that weight which without telling, let readers know he's Don and would be something like good old Godfather, and that's exactly who he is, a Sicilian Mafia. His contribution in the novel is uncontroversial because he is by far the most interesting character in the book. Cassandra's Grandmother, Nonna, is a brainsick or to be more polite she is affected with insanity. There were times when I couldn't put finger on who is suppose to be brutal, Grandma or Armando.Cassandra's mom's boyfriend is making indecent advances towards Cassandra and so to get rid of him; she sought professional help of her father Armando. Now the question is how would Armando punish him? Or would he? What would Cassandra do on her own? Etc... Fairly detailed, this book is 320 pages of entertainment, except for dialogs; they had a weird accent which really got on my nerves. Few lines here and there is one thing but on every page is very annoying.Here's a good example of a dialog, where Armando is talking with Eddie"Relax Eddie, will ya. I'm wit my muddah and daughter, fer Christsakes.!"This book is what you call average, nothing too flashy (except funny & gritty) nothing too feeble (except some highly accented dialogs). This book excels on point of having a good Plot to build a strong story but lacks on point of actually building it. So with that this book is 3 out of 5 stars.