The Thief---Megan Whalen Turner

[darkelf105]

So I picked up The Thief the other day as a way to procrastinate on doing my Islamic Civ research paper. And lo, guess what? I've read this book before! It's actually a book that I sorta "lost" in that I always wondered what the title of that funny book with the Greek world and the clever ending was called and never worked up the effort to find out so I could re-read it. So I was pleasantly surprised when I started on the adventures of our snarky, unreliable, ever-hungry narrator, Gen, and realized he was the same Gen that I'd read about oh so long ago. I have to laugh because I'd forgotten that I'd liked Gen so much that I named my first ever original character after him in my first ever short story. But this Gen was a detective instead of a thief and I gave him a feather of white hair instead of a feather shaped scar.

So, not only did I get re-read one of the few books from my childhood that made me want to tell my own stories, I also found out there are sequels!

I wish I had made the connection sooner because everyone's had a review of The Thief and I never connected the dots!

So in conclusion, you shoudl read this. It's short, sweet, snarky, with great characters and a cool psuedo-Greek world. Plus Gen is one of the best thiefy characters evah, if I do say so myself, which I do.

Comments

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Though I haven't yet read them myself, I hear there are sequels that are even more awesome!

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

*grin* I think I know what I'm spending my birthday loot on.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Sequels! Read the sequels! Just don't read anything about them first. (Including the cover copy.)

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

I just ordered all of them on Amazon! But I didn't see any sort of description or anything and I promise not to read the cover when I get them...though Amazon sez they aren't shipping till 2010? When Conspiracy of Kings comes out? But in my experince that just means that all of them will ship in the next month or so and then I'll just have to wait for Conspiracy.