Kenneth R. Besser

Kenneth R. Besser

I am a husband (same wonderful woman for 30 years), father (six kids, ages 23 -14, which currently amounts to 109 kidyears and they continue to age me at about the rate of 6 to 1), son, brother, friend, community member and leader, author (nonfiction-legal and motivational; fiction - legal/medical thrillers and young adult adventure), and lawyer...more »
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  • Star-Crossed
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    Star-Crossed
    By: Linda Collison
    Publisher: Knopf
    Pages: 408
    Price: $16.95
    ISBN: 9780375833632

    The essence of a good novel is its ability to whisk you away to a place where you would not normally go. Linda Collison does such a thing wonderfully in her debut novel, Star-Crossed. Patricia Kelley sets out in 1760 from her paupered but privileged place in English society to claim her dead father’s only estate asset, a sugar plantation in Barbados. Stowing away on a boat, she is first moonstruck by a bosun’s mate, Brian Dalton, but then faces the dilemma of choosing Dalton’s love or marriage’s security with a more sensible choice to marry the ship’s doctor, MacPherson. The entire story swings many times like a pendulum between this two contrary choices.

    Along the cruise, readers are exposed to life on several English navy ships are Patricia travels with Dalton and/or MacPherson to various Caribbean locales in changing circumstances. As she literally rides the staterooms by day and the yardarms by night, her life takes equally polar changes that can be sensually experienced by those wishing to join her on the page. Her final destination satisfies both her heart and her head.
    A thoroughly enjoyable story.

    Kenneth R. Besser wrote this review Sunday, October 7 2007. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • The Kite Runner
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    I am curious about what others think is the central premise of KITE RUNNER. Is it that we must ignore the class distinctions among us? That we should champion the underdog at our own peril? That we must carry the guilt for our failings with us until we right them?

    I loved the story, but someone asked me the central premise of the novel and I had great difficulty putting my finger on it.

    Kenneth R. Besser wrote this review Monday, September 10 2007. ( reply | view 3 replies | permalink )
  • The Good Guy
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    I enjoyed Koontz's writing as always. Good story, well told. He jumps right in from the first page with no pussyfooting around and the dialog and action pulled me along page to page.

    Kenneth R. Besser wrote this review Thursday, August 23 2007. ( reply | permalink )


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