The Good Thief - Hannah Tinti -- This was a fairly good read for me - ultimately it was too fairytale, too happy-ending-Dickens. I actually loved it up until two thirds of the way through when I started to realize it was a basically Dickens tale with a plucky orphan (not that there's anything wrong with that) but, that it was going to have a ridiculous happy/bittersweet twist. Tinti is a good writer, but the story itself dragged her writing down for me.
I will say, just googled this title for a cover image, and read a brief thing on her website. This does not at all seem like a first novel - I didn't realize this was a first book and probably would judge it differently if I had done any research at all! I guess I'm of the, just read it and do I like it or hate it variety of reader/reviewer. I do think I should take that into account though!
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