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“Dark and fun and unrealistic! Didn't want to put it down.
wicious wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I think I may have given this book away, and I feel bad because I want to read it again. I wish there were more books like this out there.”
“The story starts out simple enough, but before you know it you are reading a surreal tale you can't put down. I kept reading because I wanted to know what character I was going to meet next and just how the author was going to close! I liked the story and can see why it is easily compared to Dickens. ”
Suzanne wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Erica S wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Choice Novel #4
The Good Thief
What worked for you? This novel was incredibly well written. The language was very poetic and filled with imagery. The story was unique and exciting and it really kept my interest.
What didn’t work for you? It started off very slowly; I didn’t mind it too much, but I am not sure that my students would have as much patience to get to “the good parts.”
What will I remember a year from now? I will remember the plot and the interesting characters: a dwarf who lives on a roof, grave robbers, a deaf landlady, a girl with a cleft-palate, a drunken, “retired” English teacher and a boy without a left hand.
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Elizabeth G wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a brilliant little story which was surprisingly satisfying to read. Lots of plot twists & good story arc, but the best part was how you came to care characters so dirty & grimy & real. A bit of Dickens, perhaps, but a lovely, original tale!”
TJ Book Babe wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I thought it started out like Oliver Twist lite--but the book just got better and better. I would have rated it 4 1/2 stars, if that was an available option!”
Anne S wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book really surprised me. It was very interesting in a dark sort of way. The content of the story reminded me of something John Irving would have written. The story takes place in the early 1900's in the eastern states. Ren, the young boy in the story, is an orphan being raised in a catholic orphanage. One day a man, Benjamin, shows up and says he is Ren's older brother and comes to claim him and he convinces the priests to let Ren leave with him. So begins their very intriguing and haunting adventures.”
Jennifer B wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I almost classified this book as horror. The descriptions and actions of the characters were gruesome and horrifying several times throughout the book. Needless to say, this story was not one I expected by the title.
Lydia P wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Although it is, in the end, a redeeming story, the journey to get there made me actually put the book aside and take a few breaths every now and then. The story is gripping through, and I read half the book in one sitting and the other half the next morning.
The only thing that is keeping this from getting 4 stars from me is horror aspects of the book. I could have done without a few of those descriptions. Blech.”“I wasn't a huge fan of all the fantastical elements of this book but the author is a great storyteller and the second half of the book was really absorbing.”
luna51 wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
