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book recommendation, book review, books, Fiction Friday, Heidi Lang, Kati Bartkowski, Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief
The other day Heidi and I were talking about books and I brought up The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, and I realized that I don’t think I ever did a Fiction Friday about it. Since I absolutely loved that book I figured today would be good day to talk about it. And if i did talk about this book before, then I’m sorry, but it’s certainly worth talking about a second time. 😉
The Thief is about Gen, and as you’ve probably guessed, he’s a thief who starts off stuck in the king’s cell. When the king’s scholar figures out the location of an incredibly powerful treasure, he realizes that he’ll need a talented thief, like Gen, to help to retrieve it.
I know the plot sounds pretty simple, but the world building in this book (and entire series) is fantastic, and Gen is the perfect main character. He is a likeable and talented trickster. Add other great characters, strong females, and a world with its own mythology, and this series has it all. What’s also interesting is how the gods of this world play an active role, but aren’t as meddling as the Greek or Roman gods.
Anyways, The Thief is a great first book, and it’s followed up with some other fantastic books, too. This is one of the few series that I’ve read where I feel like the sequels live up to their expectations. The only major complaint I have is, when is the fifth book coming out already! So, if you haven’t read this book already, I highly recommend it.
How about all of you? What books have you read recently that you absolutely loved?
There’s nothing like a good trickster to keep you reading. I’ve been on a reading frenzy the past several months One that sticks out in my mind because of the main character was Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany.
I’ve never heard of that one, but it has an intriguing title. I’ll have to look it up later. 🙂
I do love trickster characters, they’re almost always my favorite characters.
And another to add to the list. Thanks!
Got to keep those TBR piles growing. 😉
Thanks, I’ll look for that one!
No problem. 🙂
I think some of the best books have the simplest plots. The Thief sounds like a book I would totally enjoy. I don’t feel like I’ve read anything really good lately, but I’m hoping to change that this weekend 🙂
I feel like I’ve read good books lately, but not so many great books that I absolutely love. And when I find a vook that I love, a lot of times the sequels go and disappoint me.
Looks good. Is it MG or YA? I’d be interested by the gods as well, because of how much I’ve studied them for my Latin A Level. I mention Greek gods in my own novel, actually, but more from the view that they do nothing or don’t exist. That’s interesting how different authors react differentyl to the same stimuli.
This is one pf thise series that kind if bridges MG and YA. The Thief is a little more MG, but all the later books are a little more YA. I’ve seen this series in both sections in bookstores.
It is interesting to see how authors develop gods to their worlds. It’s also interesting how just in our world we have so many myths and gods, and depending on the culture will depend on how active the gods are.