Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Ken & Thelma or Joel & Thelma?

In all fairness Joel Flether states that Ken & Thelma is not a biography but rather a memoir. And that is exactly what it is. If you want to examine the life of John Kennedy Toole, this isn't the book for you. It primarily concerns the relationship that the author had with Thelma Toole and her quest, all be it purely self motivated, to have her son's masterpiece published. The undercurrent seems to be a character analyis of Thelma, her ingrained narcissim and her outrageous treatment of other people. In the end it is about Thelma which would probably please her to no end. The author accomplishes his stated goal, but left me wanting more.