The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, was a book I read as a class reading assignment. I thoroughly enjoyed the book overall, the many mysteries surrounding the pasts of characters are what draws you in and makes you want to rapidly keep reading. The was very well written, exiting, and amusingly dark.
The character of Ren can make you feel admiration and sympathy at the same time. With his hand removed when he was too young to remember, Ren is put in an orphanage with seemingly no hopes of getting adopted. The one day, a mysterious conman named Benjamin comes to the orphanage and chooses Ren, claiming he's a long lost sibling. It seems like Ben uses Ren's ailment to help him trick people and conduct more schemes. But as the story progresses, it seems as if Ben's reasoning isn't all that simple, and his mysterious past plays a part in that. Ren goes through many exighting and challenging trials as he travels with the thieves, and in the end finds out a lot about himself as well.
Hannah Tinti is coming to visit our class to conduct a writing workshop. I never really thought too deeply about what the author was thinking when making the characters, story, and plot. But I'm interested to see what she has to say about her own book, and what the creator of a novel like this is like.
In conclusion, I enjoyed this book. It didn't quite live up to the hype from "critiques" for me, but then again most things they (are sponsored) to say aren't all too accurate. Doesn't rank up with the classic adventures, but still very good nonetheless. I give it the Planetary stamp of approval, or I would if I could find any ink around here.
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