Book Details:
Book Title:
Burton Blake by Robert Tucker
Category:
Adult Fiction, 518 pages
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Publisher:
Tell-Tale Publishing Group LLC / Wise Words Publishing
Release date:
1/06/2019
Tour dates: May 27 to June 28, 2019
Content Rating: G (Depictions of violence are
minimal. No bad language, religious expletives, sex scenes, drug use or
underage drinking.)
Book Description:
In this sequel to the well-received
The Revolutionist, the American journey of three generations
locks the neophyte company president, Burton Blake, in a vicious struggle with
corporate intrigue, financial greed, and social corruption. Born to a taxi
dancer at the beginning of the Second World War, Burton’s father, Elias Blake,
never knows his natural father, who is killed in the South Pacific. He is
raised by his mother and stepfather from her second marriage who makes his
fortune during the post-war real estate boom of the ’50s. Their untimely death
by his business partner leaves the boy Elias in the guardianship of his mother’s
best friend and her marine vet husband who introduces him to the macho culture
of guns and hunting.
Elias’s youth is influenced by the adult
world’s drive for personal material gain. Over the next decades, he expands his
parents’ original real estate empire into the diversified multi-divisional,
multi-national corporation that he leaves to his son, Burton. Upon his forced
return from traveling and working with oppressed third world people, Burton
learns increasingly more about the true nature of his deceased father as he
undertakes the challenges of leading the company in a new direction.
Thoughts:
I quite enjoyed the book.
I can't really say what it was, but this book seemed to flow a bit more
than The Revolutionist did. I quite
liked Burton, as he definitely was a product of his great-grandmother Julie,
who was the main character in The Revolutionist. And Burton in his own way became a
revolutionist in trying to fight against the greed and corruption that had
enveloped his father’s company.
I also really liked the first section of the book, which
laid the groundwork for the second part and it really set up the conflict that
would eventually envelope the second half of the book.
What I would have liked to see more of would be of Burton
being able to connect his actions to those that Julie undertook herself back in
the early 1900s and to also find out the history behind his father in the
second half, as it was more about the conspiracy, which did get a little
cumbersome as the book came to its conclusion.
Also I would have tried to use a different title for the book, as I felt
it was misleading for the first half of the book and also done a bit more to
tie the first part with the second part.
The first part could have easily been its own book and completely separate
from the second part, which I felt had little to do with the first part and
ignored the first half of the book
I would have also liked to see the book edited a little
tighter, as I felt that there were too many details that didn’t make any sense
to the overall story and felt that unlike The Revolutionist, which was a continuous
story of Julie’s early life, this book felt like two separate stories that had
little to do with each other. I would
have liked to see more characters from the first half of the book interact with
Burton instead of just Lizzie.
Bottom line: It was a good book overall. I would have liked to see more links between the first and second part of the book and few more callbacks to The Revolutionist.
Rating: 3.75/5
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Meet the
Author:
Robert is published by Tell-Tale Publishing
Group LLC / Wise Words Publishing under a multi-book contract. The author of
four previous earlier novels, Robert infuses his books with unique dynamic
stories and characters that portray social and cultural conflicts of their
time. His career encompasses many years as a business consultant that have
given him access to a wide range of organizations and an appreciation for
people in all areas of society. His life experience is reflected in the
literary quality of his work. Born and raised in the Middle-West, he has traveled
throughout the United States and abroad.
Now retired, he resides with his wife in
Southern California where he devotes full-time to writing. Robert is a graduate
of the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Masters Degree in
Communications at the University of California, Los Angeles where he received
the Samuel Goldwyn and Donald Davis Literary Awards.
An affinity for family and the astute
observation of generational interaction pervade his novels. His works are
literary and genre upmarket fiction that address the nature and importance of
personal integrity.
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